Moth Report

After last years very high totals, 2006 had a lot to live up to. No one could have predicted the record-breaking numbers of moths that would be attracted to the lights this year. After January the nights turned colder, with a total of 32 blank nights, being recorded in the next two months, but the weather turned for the better in April, with record temperatures being recorded in July, September, and October, and with predominantly southerly winds throughout, allowing for the best inland migration on record.

Huge numbers of moths came to the lights this year with new records being set for both numbers caught (30333), and species (300), this number does not include the eight species of day- flying moths that were recorded, just the species caught in the traps. The six new species to be caught during 2006 brings the reserve total up to 381 species of macro moths. These are shown in bold in the following tables.

January is always a quite month, but the first Pale Brindled Beauty came to light on the 2nd, and Early Moth on the 17th. Last years record for total moths caught during January was beaten by one, and now stands at 56, but the total species caught was low at only six.

The weather was very cold during February; with sixteen blank nights being recorded this effected the total months caught, making it one of the lowest totals recorded for this month with only 46 moths coming to the lights comprising of eight species.

The cold weather carried on in to March with sixteen more blank nights being recorded, but the end of the month did warm up, and the first new record for the reserve came to trap 2 on the 24th Small Brindled Beauty, this species is classed as rather local within the county, and is more of a woodland species. After being recorded for the first time at Pitsford last year, it was nice to see Yellow Horned again on the 25th; this was the first of thirteen to be caught during the month. It looks like this species has established itself within the area.

With the very low totals of moths coming to the traps during the previous three months, April kicked the trend and set a new record for the total moths caught for the month 1031.Nothing unusual came to the lights, but good totals of Clouded Drab, Common Quaker, and Hebrew Character, were caught.

May was an average month for moths caught with just over half the previous month’s total being seen in the traps. Puss Moth on the 6th is always nice to see. This species is common on the reserve, as its caterpillars can be found on Willows around the site quite easily, but the adult moths do not come to light very well. The day flying moth, Small Yellow Underwing, was seen in the meadows on the 11th, and seemed to have a good year. A single Mullein was caught on the 25th, and only the second record of Orange Footman for the reserve was caught on the 26th, the first being seen on the 20/05/02.

The weather warmed up considerably during June and so did the moths. A new record for total moths caught for the month was set, with 4535. The month started well with an Alder Moth on the 1st, only the second time this beautiful moth has been recorded here. On the 2nd two Marsh Pug were seen nectaring on the flowers of Mouse Ear, its larval food plant, in the meadows also, on the same date the first Chimney Sweepers were seen, the colony in the meadows had a good year, with double figure counts made on several dates and individuals seen on other parts of the reserve. The first Cream-bordered Green Pea was caught on the 7^th, this wetland specialist seems to have had a very good year, expanding its range all over the county. Humming-bird Hawk-moth was seen nectaring on the Red Valerian outside the office window on several dates, with two seen together on more than one occasion, and two, Pearly Underwing came to the traps during the month, both species proving that migration was taking place. The second reserve records for Garden Dart, on the 24th, and Gold Spot on the 25^th were taken. A new reserve record, Reddish Light Arches, was caught on the 26th, this species is usually only found in the limestone areas of the county. It was also very nice to see Garden Tiger have a better year, with the first of twelve to be caught on the 27th.

July was a very hectic month, despite the trap not being run for two nights, new records were set for both total moths caught, and species caught during a month, with 11974, and 192, respectively, this blew away the previous best total set in August 2003 by a staggering 3021 moths. Highlights for the month were, a Tawny-barred Angle, of the form f. nigrofulvata in one of the traps on the 3rd, the first time this form has been recorded at Pitsford, Flame Carpet, and Varied Coronet on the 7th, the first of three Scarce Silver-lines, came to the lights on the 10th. The only previous record of Fen Wainscot for the reserve was caught in 2002; the first of six to be caught this year was seen on the 17th. Ear Moth on the 18th, the first of two Mere Wainscot on the 19th, also on the same date a new record for the reserve was caught, Least Carpet. Three were seen in the county this year, after only being recorded for the first time in Northamptonshire during 2005. The larva eats withered and dead leaves of Ivy, and many other plants. A second new reserve record during this month came to the lights on the 21st, September Thorn, its county status is fairly common, and is a species that was predicted to appear in the traps one day. V-Pug on the 24th is a species not very often seen here, and on the same date Twin-spotted Wainscot was caught. Migration was still evident, with large numbers of Silver Y being seen all over the reserve, and 239 being caught in the traps, the first of five Small Mottled Willow was caught on the 24th, and five Dark Sword-grass came to the lights during the latter part of the month. Antler Moth on the 29th was nice to see after its absence last year. Other good moths for Pitsford NR, that put in an appearance during the month where, 23 Double Lobed, six Beautiful Hook-tip, four Phoenix, two Lunar-spotted Pinion, and singles of Bordered Pug, Gothic, Maple Pug, Olive, Spinach, Rosy Minor, and Oak Hook-tip, the latter species is declining at this site.

Large numbers of Common Footman (2132), Common Rustic (913), Smoky Wainscot (895), Large Yellow Underwing (833), and Dark Arches (608) made up the bulk of the records. The 19^th July was reported as the hottest July day on record, with temperatures reaching 36⁰C, so not surprisingly the night turned out to be the best of the year, with 976 moths coming to the lights of 79 species.

Considering how hectic the previous month had been, August was very disappointing. The weather became a lot more un-settled, with the wind often blowing from the north. A new species for Pitsford did turn up on the 3rd, Great Brocade, its was probably carried over on the afore mentioned winds from Scandinavia. This species has a resident population in Scotland, but this form is much darker than the beautiful greyish-silver forms found in mainland Europe, six individuals turned up during the month, singles on the 3rd, 9th, 15th, and 17th, and two on the 4th. Other good moths during the month were two more Gothic, four more Twin-spotted Wainscot, the first Poplar Kitten since 2003 on the 4th, and Pale Eggar on the 26th was nice to see after its absence last year.

Only 102 species came to the traps during the month, making it the lowest species total for August since records began, and the third lowest total for moths caught during the month with only 4933.

The weather changed for the better again during September, with the winds prevailing from a southerly direction for a lot of the month. This allowed migration to continue at pace throughout the month. The night of the 12th saw the first of eight Scarce Bordered Straw, and the first of seven Vestal to be caught, a Bordered Straw on the 13th, the second reserve record of Convolvulus Hawk-moth was seen in trap one, on the 16th, the 21st produced a new reserve record with a Delicate in trap two, this constituted the forth record for the county at the time, but several more were caught during the month throughout Northants, and a second was caught in trap one on the 27th. These scarcer migrants were backed up by two more Small Mottled Willow, seven, Dark Sword-grass, and four Pearly Underwing.

Other good moths during September were the only record of Feathered Gothic on the 4th, this species was caught in double figures up until a few years ago, and has declined very rapidly, another species to have declined rapidly is the Brown-spot Pinion, the only record to be seen this year was caught on the 21st. The first of the huge numbers of Lunar Underwing to come to light this year was on the 5th; by the end of the month 1153 had been counted. The only record of Maidens Blush was caught on the 13th, and the second record of the year for Antler Moth on the 6th.

Due to the warm weather, several species of moth had second generations this year, Beautiful Hook-tip, Small Blood-vein, Light Emerald, Small Fan-footed Wave, Smoky Wainscot, Uncertain, and Yellow-tail were seen during the month. The same number of species was caught as in the previous month 102; this broke the old record by an amazing twenty-one species, and the second highest total for September was recorded, with 5320 individual moths being caught.

With the winds persisting from a southerly direction during the start of October, this allowed migration to carry on, resulting in six more Scarce Bordered Straw and three Pearly Underwing, being caught during the month. The first Gem to be seen at Pitsford since 2002 was in trap one on the 17^th. Other good moths for the month were, Tawny Speckled Pug, on the late date of the 22^nd, with Feathered Thorn, Green Brindled Crescent, and Large Wainscot having good years. November Moth had a boom year during 2006, the first record occurring on the 3^rd, by the end of the month an amazing 629 moths had come to the lights, putting it in to the top twenty moths for the first time since records began, in eleventh position.

With the continuation of the warm weather, the last male Vapourer was seen flying during the day of the 26^th, and second brooding was still in evidence, with Yellow-tail, Beautiful Hook-tip, Small Fan-footed Wave, and Buff Footman, still coming to the lights; no mention of a second brood can be found in any publication for the previously mentioned species.

Migration finally came to an end in November with no other migrants being caught. The first December Moth of the year came to the lights on the night of the 5^th, and Scarce Umber was only seen on one night, the 26^th, when four individuals came to the traps, also a late Setaceous Hebrew Character was caught in trap one on the same night. Three Pale Brindled Beauty were caught in trap two, during the nights of the 14^th and 15^th, this species does not usually occur until January, but in mild winters can appear earlier. This is the earliest date it has ever been recorded in Northants.

December got off to a flyer, with three Silver Y, and the second Gem to be caught this year, on the 1^st, the wind had moved around to a moderate southwesterly direction for a few days, witch must have bought these migrants inland. The same night also produced a very late record of Dark Arches, this species usually has one generation, June-August, but sometimes a partial second generation in the south, this is the first time this second generation has been recorded at Pitsford, and is the latest date it has ever been recorded in Northants. Four more Pale Brindled Beauty were caught during the month, and also three late Angle Shades. Finally the last Silver Y was caught on the 15^th, this species has been recorded in the last eight months, since its first date on the 4^th of May.

The figure of three-hundred species of macro moth to be caught in the traps in one year, at Pitsford NR, has always been the target at which I have aimed, as that record has fallen this year and over 150 species of micro moth were also taken of which twenty five were new records for the reserve, 2006 is going to be a very hard year to beat.

Macrolepidoptera at Pitsford

Summary of data for the years 1994-2005

Species	Scientific Name	Larval Food Plants	Day Flying
Alder Moth	Acronicta alni	Various trees & shrubs
Angle Shades	Phlogophora meticulosa	Dock
Antler Moth	Cerapteryx graminis	Various grasses
August Thorn	Ennomos quercinaria	Oak, Beech, Birch, Hawthorn + others
Autumnal Moth	Epirrita autumnata	Alder
Barred Hook-tip	Drepana cultraria	Beech
Barred Red	Hylaea fasciaria	Pine, spruce etc.
Barred Rivulet	Perizoma bifaciata	Seeds of Red Bartsia
Barred Sallow	Xanthia aurago	Beech
Barred Straw	Eulithis pyraliata	Bedstraws
Barred Yellow	Cidaria fulvata	Dog Rose
Beaded Chestnut	Agrochola lychnidis	Chickweed, Dandelion
Beautiful Golden Y	Autographa pulchrina	Dandelion
Beautiful Hook-tip	Laspeyria flexula	Lichens on Hawthorn, Blackthorn, apple etc.
Black Arches	Lymantria monacha	Oak
Black Rustic	Aporophyla nigra	Dock, Chickweed, Dandelion
Blair’s Shoulder-knot	Lithophane leautieri hesperica	Chamaecyparis
Blood-vein	Timandra griseata	Dock, Sorrel, Knotgrass, Orache
Blue-bordered Carpet	Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata	Alder, Blackthorn, etc
Bordered Beauty	Epione repandaria	Sallow
Bordered Pug	Eupithecia succenturiata	Leaves of mugwort
Bordered Straw	Heliothis peltigera	Flowers of Scentless Mayweed
Bordered White	Bupalus piniaria	Scots Pine
Brick	Agrochola circellaris	Ash
Bright-line Brown-eye	Lacanobia oleracea	Dock
Brimstone Moth	Opisthograptis luteolata	Blackthorn
Brindled Beauty	Lycia hiraria	Elm, Alder
Brindled Green	Dryobotodes ermita	Oak, Hawthorn
Brindled Pug	Eupithecia abbreviata	Oak, Hawthorn
Broad-barred White	Hecatera bicolorata	Hawkweed and hawk’s-beard
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	Noctua fimbriata	Various herbaceous plants, plus tree buds
Broken-barred Carpet	Electrophaes corylata	Birch, oak, hawthorn Blackthorn etc.
Broom Moth	Ceramica pisi	Wide variety plants
Brown Rustic	Rusina ferruginea	Dock
Brown Scallop	Philereme vetulata	Buckthorn
Brown-line Bright-eye	Mythimna conigera	Various grasses
Brown-silver Line	Petrophoro chlorosata	Bracken
Brown-spot Pinion	Agrochola litura	Dock, Chickweed
Buff Arches	Habrosyne pryritoides	Bramble
Buff Ermine	Spilosoma luteum	Various low growing plants.
Buff Footman	Eilema depressa	Lichens and algae
Buff-tip	Phalera bucephala	Elm
Bulrush Wainscot	Nonagria typhae	Common Reedmace
Burnet Companion	Euclidia glyphica	Clover, vetches, trefoils	+
Burnished Brass	Diachrysia chrysitis	Nettle, White Dead-nettle.
Cabbage Moth	Mamesra brassicae	Mainly cabbage family
Campion	Hadena rivularis	Ripening seeds of Silene & Lychnis
Canary-shouldered Thorn	Ennomos alniaria	Alder
Centre-barred Sallow	Atethemia centrago	Ash
Chamomile Shark	Cucullia chamomillae	Flowers of Mayweeds.
Chestnut	Conistra vaccinii	Elm
Chevron	Eulithis testata	Sallow, willow, poplar
Chimney Sweeper	Odezia atrata	Pignut	+
Chinese Character	Cilix glaucata	Blackthorn
Chocolate-tip	Clostera curtula	Poplar and Willow
Cinnabar	Tyria jacobaeae	Ragwort, Groundsel
Clay	Mythimna ferrago	Grasses etc.
Clay Triple-lines	Cyclophora linearia	Beech
Cloaked Minor	Mesoligia furuncula	Inner stems of various grasses
Clouded Border	Lomaspilis marginata	Sallow, Aspen, Poplar, Hazel
Clouded Brindle	Apamea epomidion	Various grasses
Clouded Drab	Orthosia incerta	Deciduous trees
Clouded Magpie	Abraxas sylvata	Wych Elm and Common Elm
Clouded Silver	Lomographa temerata	Thorns, Apple
Clouded-bordered Brindle	Apamea crenata	Cock’s-foot
Common Carpet	Epirrhoe alternata alternata	Cleavers
Common Emerald	Hemithea aestivaria	Deciduous trees
Common Footman	Eilema lurideola	Lichens and Algae
Common Marbled Carpet	Chloroclysta truncata	Dock
Common Pug	Eupithecia vulgata vulgata	Sallow, Yarrow; Hawthorn etc.
Common Quaker	Orthosia stabilis	Var. deciduous trees
Common Rustic	Mesapamea secalis	Inner parts of various grasses
Common Swift	Hepialus lupinus	Roots of grasses etc.
Common Wainscot	Mythimna pallens	Broad-bladed grass
Common Wave	Cabera exanthemata	Sallow, Aspen
Common White Wave	Cabera pusaria	Var. deciduous trees
Convolvulus Hawk-moth	Agrius convolvulu	Field Bindweed and other Convolvulaceae
Copper Underwing	Amphipyra pyramidea	Ash
Coxcomb Prominent	Ptilodon capucina	Var. deciduous trees
Cream Bordered Green Pea	Earias clorana	Various willow
Cream Wave	Scopula floslactata floslactata	Docks, dandelion etc
Crescent	Calaena leucostigma leucostigma	Inner stems of Yellow Iris + others
Currant Pug	Eupithecia assimilata	Wild Hop, Black and Red Currant
Dark Arches	Apamea monoglypha	Grass roots
Dark Chestnut	Conistra ligula	Hawthorn, sallow, oak.
Dark Dagger	Acronicta tridens	Hawthorn, Blackthorn, etc
Dark Marbled Carpet	Chloroclysta citrata citrata	Var. trees & shrubs
Dark Sward-grass	Agrostis ipsilon	Herbaceous plants
Dark Umber	Philereme transversata britannica	Buckthorn
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet	Xanthorhoe ferrugata	Dock, Dandelion, Bedstraw, etc.
December Moth	Poecilocampa populi	Elm, Blackthorn
Deep-brown Dart	Aporophyla lutulenta	Blackthorn
Delicate	Mythimna vitellina	Various grasses
Dingy Footman	Eilema griseola	Unspecified lichens
Dingy Shears	Enargia ypsillon	Poplars, Willows
Dot Moth	Melanchra persicariae	Var. herbaceous plants
Dotted Border	Agriopis marginaria	Var. deciduous trees
Dotted Chestnut	Conistra rubiginea	Apple
Double Dart	Graphiphora augur	Sallow, birch, hawthorn
Double Lobed	Apamea ophiogramma	Inner stems of Reed Canary-grass
Double Square-spot	Xestia triangulum	Herbaceous plants
Double-striped Pug	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Flowers of many trees and shrubs
Drinker	Philudoria potatoria	Wide-bladed grass
Dun-bar	Cosmia trapezina	Var. deciduous trees
Dusky Brocade	Apamea remissa	Couch, Annual Meadow-grass
Dusky Sallow	Eremobia ochroleuca	Grass flowers
Dusky Thorn	Ennomos fuscantaria	Ash
Dusky-lemon Sallow	Xanthia gilvago	Seeds of Wych Elm
Dwarf Cream Wave	Idaea fuscovenosa	Bramble, Knotgrass
Dwarf Pug	Eupithecia tantillaria	Douglas Fir
Ear Moth	Amphipoea oculea	Various grasses
Early Grey	Xylocampa areola	Honeysuckle
Early Moth	Theria primaria	Thorns
Early Thorn	Selenia dentaria	Alder, Blackthorn
Elephant Hawk-moth	Deilephila elpenor	Willow herb, Bedstraw
Engrailed	Ectropis bistortata	Var. deciduous trees
Eyed Hawk-moth	Smerinthus ocellata	Sallow, Willow; Apple, Aspen
Fan-foot	Herminia tarsipennalis	Withered leaves of Oak, Beech, etc.
Feathered Gothic	Tholera decimalis	Hard-bladed grasses
Feathered Thorn	Colotois pennaria	Blackthorn
Fen Wainscot	Arenostola phragmitidis	Stems of Common Reed
Figure of Eight	Diloba caeruleocephala	Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Crab Apple
Figure of Eighty	Tethea ocularis octogesimea	Poplar, Aspen
Flame	Axylia putris	Dock
Flame Shoulder	Ochropleura plecta	Dock Dandelion
Flounced Rustic	Luperina testacea	Grass roots
Four-dotted Footman	Cybosia mesomella	Algae, Lichens
Foxglove Pug	Eupithecia pulchellata	Flowers of Foxglove
Freyer’s Pug	Eupithecia intricata arceuthata	Juniper
Frosted Orange	Gortyna flavago	Inner stems & roots of thistles, Burdock
Garden Carpet	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Crucifers
Garden Dart	Euxoa nigracans	Wide variety of wild and cultivated plants.
Garden Tiger	Arctia caja	Var. herbaceous plants and shrubs
Gem	Orthonama obstipata	Dock, Knotgrass etc.
Ghost Moth	Hepialus humuli humuli	Roots of grasses and many other plants.
Gold Spot	Plusia festucae	Sedges, Yellow Iris
Gothic	Naenia typica	Var. herbaceous plants
Great Brocade	Eurois occulta	Bog Myrtle, also Birches and Sallows
Green Arches	Anaplectoides prasina	Honeysuckle
Green Carpet	Colostygia pectinataria	Bedstraws
Green Pug	Chloroclystis rectangulata	Apple, Blackthorn, Pear & Cherry
Green Silver-lines	Pseudoips fagana britannica	Oak & var. trees
Green-brindled Crescent	Allophyes oxyacanthae	Blackthorn
Grey Birch	Aethalura punctulata	Birch
Grey Chi	Antitype chi	Herbaceous plants
Grey Dagger	Acronicta psi	Deciduous trees
Grey Pine Carpet	Thera obeliscata	Scots Pine, spruces
Grey Pug	Eupithecia subfuscata	Flowers and leaves of various plants
Grey Shoulder-knot	Lithophane ornitopus lactipennis	Oak
Heart and Dart	Agrotis exclamationis	Var. herbaceous plants
Hebrew Character	Orthosia gothica	Blackthorn
Herald	Scoliopteryx libatrix	Sallow, Willow, Aspen, Poplar
Hornet Moth	Sesia apiformis	Trunks of Poplar	+
Humming-bird Hawk-moth	Macroglossum stellatarum	Bedstraws	+
Ingrailed Clay	Diarsia mendica mendica	Dock
Iron Prominent	Notodonta dromedarius	Birch, Alder, Oak, Hazel
July Highflyer	Hydriomena furcata	Sallow, Hazel
Juniper Carpet	Therajuniperata juniperata	Juniper
Knot Grass	Acronicta rumicis	Dock
Lackey	Malacosoma neustria	Thorns etc.
Larch Pug	Eupithecia lariciata	Larch
Large Emerald	Geometra papilionaria	Birch and Alder
Large Nutmeg	Apamea anceps	Various grasses
Large Ranunculus	Polymixis flavicincta	Dock, Dandelion
Large Twin-spot Carpet	Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata	Bedstraw, Chickweed, Dock
Large Wainscot	Rhizedra lutosa	Lower stems, roots, Common Reed
Large Yellow Underwing	Noctua pronuba	Various herbaceous plants and grasses
Lead-coloured Drab	Orthosia populeti	Aspen, poplars
Least Black Arches	Nola confusalis	Lime, Oak
Least Carpet	Idaea rusticata	Dead leaves of Ivy, Travellers Joy and other plants
Least Yellow Underwing	Noctua interjecta caliginosa	Var. herbaceous plants
Leopard Moth	Zeuzera pyrina	Insides of stems of Sallow, Apple, Ash
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	Noctua janthina	Blackthorn
Lesser Common Rustic	Mesapamea secalella	Inner plants of various grasses
Lesser Swallow Prominent	Pheosia gnoma	Birch
Lesser Yellow Underwing	Noctua comes	Var. herbaceous plants and trees
Light Arches	Apamea lithoxylaea	Roots of grasses
Light Brocade	Lacanobia w-latinum	Woody and herbaceous plants
Light Emerald	Campaea margaritata	Birch, Beech, Oak, Elm, Hawthorn etc.
Lilac Beauty	Apeira syringaria	Honeysuckle, Ash, Wild Privet
Lime Hawk-moth	Mimas tiliae	Birch, Lime, Elm, Alder
Lime-speck Pug	Eupithecia centaureata	Flowers of many plants
Little Emerald	Jodis lactearia	Various trees
Lunar Hornet Moth	Sesia bembeciformis	Inner wood of Sallow + (Willow)	+
Lunar Marbled Brown	Drymonia ruficornis	Oak
Lunar Underwing	Omphaloscelis lunosa	Various grasses
Lunar-spotted Pinion	Cosmia pyralina	Elm, Wych Elm, Blackthorn, etc.
Lychnis	Hadena bicruris	Red & White campion
Magpie	Abraxas grossulariata	Var. trees & shrubs
Maiden’s Blush	Cyclophora punctaria	Oak
Mallow	Larentia clavaria	Mallow
Maple Prominent	Ptilodontella cucullina	Field Maple
Maple Pug	Eupithecia inturbata	Field Maple
Marbled Beauty	Cryphia domestica	Lichens
Marbled Minor	Oligia strigilis	Inner parts of Cock’s-foot, Reed Canary-grass
Marbled White Spot	Lithacodia pygarga	Purple moor grasses and others
March Moth	Alsophila aescularia	Blackthorn
Marsh Pug	Eupithecia pygmaeata	Field Mouse-ear	+
May highflyer	Hydrionena impluviata	Alder
Mere Wainscot	Chortodes fluxa	Wood Small-reed (Bush Grass)
Merveille du Jour	Dichonia aprilina	Oak
Middle-barred Minor	Oligia fasciuncula	Tufted Hair-grass + some others
Miller	Acronicta leporina	Birch, Alder
Minor Shoulder-knot	Brachylomia viminalis	Sallow, Willow
Mother Shipton	Callistege mi	Clover	+
Mottled Beauty	Alcis repandata repandata	Birch, Blackthorn, Bramble, Dock etc.
Mottled Pug	Eupithecia exiguata	Hawthorn, Blackthorn and Sycamore
Mottled Rustic	Caradrina morpheus	Herbaceous plants
Mottled Umber	Erannis defoliaria	Oak, Birch, Sallow Blackthorn etc.
Mouse Moth	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Var. herbaceous plants, Sallow
Mullein	Cucullia verbasci	Mulleins/Figwort
Muslin Footman	Nudaria mundana	Lichens
Muslin Moth	Diaphora mendica	Dock, Chickweed, Dandelion
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet	Zygaena lonicerae latomarginata	Various spp. of Trefoil	+
Northern Winter Moth	Operophtera fagata	Birch, apple, plum and cherry
November Moth	Epirrita dilutata	Ash, Elm, Blackthorn
Nutmeg	Discestra trifolii	Goosefoot, Orache, Dock etc.
Oak Beauty	Biston strataria	Oak, Hazel etc.
Oak Eggar	Lasiocampa quercus quercus	Var. trees & shrubs
Oak Hook-tip	Drepana binaria	Oak
Oak Lutestring	Cymatophorima diluta	Oak
Oak Nycteoline	Nycteola revayana	Oak
Oak-tree Pug	Eupithecia dodoneata	Hawthorn (calyx of haws), Oak
Ochreous Pug	Eupithecia indigata	Scots Pine (shoots)
Old Lady	Mormo maura	Herb. plants in autumn: var. trees after hibernation
Olive	Ipimorpha subtusa	Poplars, Aspen
Orange Footman	Eilema sororcula	Lichens on Oak and Beech
Orange Sallow	Xanthia citrago	Lime
Orange Swift	Hepialus sylvina	Dock & Dandelion roots
Orange Underwing	Archiearis parthenias	Birch	+
Pale Brindled Beauty	Apocheima pilosaria	Oak, hawthorn + var. deciduous trees
Pale Eggar	Trichiura crataegi	Deciduous trees
Pale Mottled Willow	Caradrina clavipalpis	Seeds of grasses and Plantain
Pale November Moth	Epirrita christyi	Var. deciduous trees
Pale Oak Beauty	Serraca punctinalis	Oak and Birch
Pale Pinion	Lithophane socia	Dock, Chickweed
Pale Prominent	Pterostoma palpina	Sallow, Poplar
Pale Tussock	Calliteara pudibunda	Blackthorn
Pale-shouldered Brocade	Lacanobia thalassina	Various deciduous trees
Peach Blossom	Thyatira batis	Bramble
Pearly Underwing	Peridroma saucia	Herbaceous plants
Pebble Hooktip	Drepana falcataria	Birch
Pebble Prominent	Eligmodonta ziczac	Sallow, Poplar, Willow
Peppered Moth	Biston betularia	Deciduous trees
Phoenix	Eulithis prunata	Gooseberry, Red and Black Currant
Pimpinel Pug	Eupithecia pimpinellata	Burnet Saxifrage, seed heads
Pine Beauty	Panolis flammea	Scots Pine
Pine Carpet	Thera firmata	Pine
Pine Hawk-moth	Hyloicus pinastri	Scots Pine, Norway Spruce
Pinion-streaked Snout	Schrankia costaestrigalis	Unknown, perhaps sallow
Pink-barred Sallow	Xanthia togata	Sallow and Poplar catkins
Plain Golden Y	Autographa jota	Herbaceous plants
Plain Pug	Eupithecia simpliciata	Seed heads of Goosefoot; Orache
Plain Wave	Idaea straminata	Herbaceous plants
Poplar Grey	Acronicta megacephala	Poplar, willows
Poplar Hawk-moth	Laothoe populi	Poplar, willows
Poplar Kitten	Furcula bifida	Poplar, Aspen
Powdered Quaker	Orthosia gracilis	Sallow, Meadowsweet
Privet Hawk-moth	Sphinx ligustri	Privet, Holly, Ash
Purple Thorn	Selenia tetralunaria	Alder, Ash
Puss Moth	Cerura vinula	Poplar, willows
Red Chestnut	Cerastis rubricosa	Dock
Red Twin-spot Carpet	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Cleavers
Red Underwing	Catocala nupta	Poplar, willows
Red-green Carpet	Chloroclysta siterata	Deciduous trees