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Where possible, links to pictures of the moths on the UK Moths website have been made, these can be viewed by clicking on the species name or on the words 'picture link' in the left hand column. To move down the page the chosen family click on the links below.

Thanks to Charlie Fletcher for providing the species list for Yorkshire.


Blastobasidae
873

Picture Link

Blastobasis adustella

874

Picture Link

Blastobasis lacticolella


Oecophoridae
Stathmopodinae
877

Picture Link

Stathmopoda pedella


Momphidae
Batrachedrinae
878

Picture Link

Batrachedra praeangusta

879

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Batrachedra pinicolella

 
Momphinae
882

Picture Link

Mompha locupletella

883

Picture Link

Mompha raschkiella

884

Picture Link

Mompha miscella

885

Picture Link

Mompha conturbatella

886

Picture Link

Mompha ochraceella

887

Picture Link

Mompha lacteella

888

Picture Link

Mompha propinquella

891

Picture Link

Mompha sturnipennella

892

Picture Link

Mompha subbistrigella

893

Picture Link

Mompha epilobiella


Cosmopterigidae
Cosmpopteriginae
898

Picture Link

Limnaecia phragmitella

 
Antiquerinae
899

Picture Link

Pancalia leuwenhoekella

 
Blastodacinae
904

Picture Link

Spuleria flavicaput

905

Picture Link

Blastodacna hellerella

906

Apple Pit Moth

Blastodacna atra


Scythrididae
911

-

Scythris grandipennis

920a

Picture Link

Scythris inspersella


Tortricidae
Cochylinae
924

Picture Link

Hysterophora maculosana

925

Picture Link

Phtheochroa rugosana

926

Picture Link

Phalonidia manniana

929

-

Gynnidomorpha vectisana

930

-

Gynnidomorpha alismana

932

Picture Link

Phalonidia affinitana

936

Picture Link

Cochylimorpha straminea

937

Picture Link

Agapeta hamana

938

Picture Link

Agapeta zoegana

939

Picture Link

Aethes tesserana

945

Picture Link

Aethes cnicana

946

Picture Link

Aethes rubigana

947

Picture Link

Aethes smeathmanniana

951

Picture Link

Aethes beatricella

954

Picture Link

Eupoecilia angustana

955

Vine Moth

Eupoecilia ambiguella

956

Picture Link

Cochylidia implicitana

960

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Falseuncaria ruficiliana

962

Picture Link

Cochylis roseana

964

Picture Link

Cochylis dubitana

966

Picture Link

Cochylis atricapitana

968

Picture Link

Cochylis nana

 
Tortricinae
969

Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix

Pandemis corylana

970

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix

Pandemis cerasana

971

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Pandemis cinnamomeana

972

Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix

Pandemis heparana

974

Picture Link

Argyrotaenia ljungiana

977

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

Archips podana

978

-

Archips betulana

980

Variegated Golden Tortrix

Archips xylosteana

981

Rose Tortrix

Archips rosana

983

-

Choristoneura hebenstreitella

985

Carnation Tortrix

Cacoecimorpha pronubana

986

Picture Link

Syndemis musculana

987

Picture Link

Ptycholomoides aeriferanus

988

Bilberry Tortrix

Aphelia viburnana

989

Timothy Tortrix

Aphelia paleana

991

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Clepsis senecionana

993

Cyclamen Tortrix

Clepsis spectrana

994

Picture Link

Clepsis consimilana

998

Light Brown Apple Moth

Epiphyas postvittana

1000

Picture Link

Ptycholoma lecheana

1001

Picture Link

Lozotaeniodes formosanus

1002

Picture Link

Lozotaenia forsterana

1007

Picture Link

Capua vulgana

1008

Picture Link

Philedone gerningana

1009

-

Philedonides lunana

1010

Red-barred Tortrix

Ditula angustiorana

1011

-

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

 
Chlidanotinae
1013

Picture Link

Olindia schumacherana

1014

Picture Link

Isotrias rectifasciana

 

Tortricinae
1015

Picture Link

Eulia ministrana

1016

Picture Link

Cnephasia longana

1020

Grey Tortrix

Cnephasia stephensiana

1021

Flax Tortrix

Cnephasia asseclana

1024

Light Grey Tortrix

Cnephasia incertana

1025

Picture Link

Tortricodes alternella

1026

Picture Link

Exapate congelatella

1027

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Neosphaleroptera nubilana

1029

Picture Link

Eana osseana

1030

Picture Link

Eana incanana

1032

Picture Link

Aleimma loeflingiana

1033

Green Oak Tortrix

Tortrix viridana

1035

Picture Link

Acleris bergmanniana

1036

Picture Link

Acleris forsskaleana

1037

Picture Link

Acleris holmiana

1038

Picture Link

Acleris laterana

1039

Strawberry Tortrix

Acleris comariana

1040

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Acleris caledoniana

1041

Picture Link

Acleris sparsana

1042

Rhomboid Tortrix

Acleris rhombana

1043

Picture Link

Acleris aspersana

1044

Picture Link

Acleris ferrugana

1045

Picture Link

Acleris notana

1047

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Acleris schalleriana

1048

Garden Rose Tortrix

Acleris variegana

1053

Picture Link

Acleris hastiana

1055

Picture Link

Acleris hyemana

1059

-

Acleris abietana

1061

Picture Link

Acleris literana

1062

Picture Link

Acleris emargana

Olethreutinae
1063

Picture Link

Celypha striana

1064

Picture Link

Celypha rosaceana

1073

Picture Link

Olethreutes schulziana

1075

Picture Link

Olethreutes micana

1076

Picture Link

Celypha lacunana

1079

Picture Link

Piniphila bifasciana

1082

Plum Tortrix

Hedya pruniana

1083

Marbled Orchard Tortrix

Hedya nubiferana

1084

Picture Link

Hedya ochroleucana

1085

-

Metendothenia atropunctana

1086

Picture Link

Hedya salicella

1087

Picture Link

Orthotaenia undulana

1089

Picture Link

Apotomis semifasciana

1092

Picture Link

Apotomis turbidana

1093

Picture Link

Apotomis betuletana

1096

Picture Link

Apotomis sauciana

1097

Picture Link

Endothenia gentianaeana

1099

Picture Link

Endothenia marginana

1103

Picture Link

Endothenia ericetana

1104

Picture Link

Endothenia quadrimaculana

1106

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Lobesia reliquana

1108

Picture Link

Lobesia abscisana

1109

Picture Link

Lobesia littoralis

1110

Picture Link

Bactra furfurana

1111

Picture Link

Bactra lancealana

1111a

Picture Link

Bactra lacteana

1112

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Bactra robustana

1113

Picture Link

Eudemis profundana

1115

Picture Link

Ancylis achatana

1117

Picture Link

Ancylis unguicella

1118

Picture Link

Ancylis uncella

1119

-

Ancylis geminana

1119b

-

Ancylis subarcuana

1120

-

Ancylis mitterbacheriana

1126

Picture Link

Ancylis badiana

1128

-

Ancylis myrtillana

1130

-

Epinotia pygmaeana

1132

Picture Link

Epinotia subocellana

1133

Picture Link

Epinotia bilunana

1134

Picture Link

Epinotia ramella

1135

Picture Link

Epinotia demarniana

1136

Picture Link

Epinotia immundana

1137

Picture Link

Epinotia tetraquetrana

1138

Picture Link

Epinotia nisella

1139

Nut Bud Moth

Epinotia tenerana

1142

Picture Link

Epinotia tedella

1143

-

Epinotia fraternana

1146

Picture Link

Epinotia rubiginosana

1147

Willow Tortrix

Epinotia cruciana

1150

Picture Link

Epinotia abbreviana

1151

Picture Link

Epinotia trigonella

1152

-

Epinotia maculana

1153

-

Epinotia sordidana

1154

-

Epinotia caprana

1155

Picture Link

Epinotia brunnichana

1156

Picture Link

Epinotia solandriana

1159

Holly Tortrix

Rhopobota naevana

1163

Spruce Bud Moth

Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana

1164

-

Zeiraphera rufimitrana

1165

Picture Link

Zeiraphera isertana

1166

Larch Tortrix

Zeiraphera griseana

1167

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Gypsonoma aceriana

1168

Picture Link

Gypsonoma sociana

1169

Picture Link

Gypsonoma dealbana

1170

Picture Link

Gypsonoma oppressana

1174

Picture Link

Epiblema cynosbatella

1175

Bramble Shoot Moth

Epiblema uddmanniana

1176

Picture Link

Epiblema trimaculana

1177

Picture Link

Epiblema rosaecolana

1178 Picture Link

Epiblema roborana

1179

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Epiblema incarnatana

1181

Picture Link

Epiblema grandaevana

1182

Picture Link

Epiblema turbidana

1183

Picture Link

Epiblema foenella

1184

Picture Link

Epiblema scutulana

1184a

Picture Link

Epiblema cirsiana

1186

Picture Link

Epiblema farfarae

1186

Picture Link

Epiblema sticticana

1187

Picture Link

Epiblema costipunctana

1191

-

Eucosma rubescana

1192

Picture Link

Eucosma conterminana

1193

Picture Link

Eucosma tripoliana

1195

-

Eucosma lacteana

1197

Picture Link

Eucosma campoliliana

1199

Picture Link

Eucosma pupillana

1200

Picture Link

Eucosma hohenwartiana

1200b

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Eucosma fulvana

1201

Picture Link

Eucosma cana

1202

Picture Link

Eucosma obumbratana

1205

Bud Moth

Spilonota ocellana

1207

Pine Leaf-mining Moth

Clavigesta purdeyi

1209

Pine Bud Moth

Pseudococcyx turionella

1210

Pine Shoot Moth

Rhyacionia buoliana

1211

Picture Link

Rhyacionia pinicolana

1212

Spotted Shoot Moth

Rhyacionia pinivorana

1216

Cherry Bark Moth

Enarmonia formosana

1219

Picture Link

Lathronympha strigana

1221

-

Strophedra weirana

1228

Picture Link

Pammene argyrana

1233

Picture Link

Pammene aurita

1234

Picture Link

Pammene regiana

1236

Picture Link

Pammene fasciana

1238

-

Pammene ochsenheimeriana

1239

Fruitlet Mining Tortrix

Pammene rhediella

1241

Picture Link

Grapholita compositella

1242

Picture Link

Grapholita internana

1245

Picture Link

Grapholita janthinana

1247

Plum Fruit Moth

Grapholita funebrana

1251

Picture Link

Grapholita jungiella

1252

Picture Link

Grapholita lunulana

1255

Picture Link

Cydia ulicetana

1257

Pea Moth

Cydia nigricana

1259

Picture Link

Cydia fagiglandana

1260

Picture Link

Cydia splendana

1261

Codling Moth

Cydia pomonella

1267

-

Cydia cosmophorana

1272

Picture Link

Pammene aurana

1273

Picture Link

Dichrorampha petiverella

1274

Picture Link

Dichrorampha alpinana

1279

Picture Link

Dichrorampha acuminatana

1281

Picture Link

Dichrorampha simpliciana

1283

-

Dichrorampha montanana

1284

-

Dichrorampha vancouverana

1285

Picture Link

Dichrorampha plumbana

1287

-

Dichrorampha aeratana


Alucitidae
1288

Twenty-plume Moth

Alucita hexadactyla


Pyralidae
Crambinae
1290

Picture Link

Chilo phragmitella

1292

Picture Link

Calamotropha paludella

1293

Garden Grass-veneer

Chrysoteuchia culmella

1294

Picture Link

Crambus pascuella

1297

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Crambus uliginosellus

1298

Picture Link

Crambus ericella

1301

Picture Link

Crambus lathoniellus

1302

Picture Link

Crambus perlella

1303

Picture Link

Agriphila selasella

1304

Picture Link

Agriphila straminella

1305

Picture Link

Agriphila tristella

1306

Picture Link

Agriphila inquinatella

1307

Picture Link

Agriphila latistria

1309

Picture Link

Agriphila geniculea

1313

Picture Link

Catoptria pinella

1314

Pearl-band Grass Veneer

Catoptria margaritella

1316

Picture Link

Catoptria falsella

1324

-

Pediasia aridella

1325

Picture Link

Platytes alpinella

 
Schoenobiinae
1329

Picture Link

Donacaula forficella

1330

-

Donacaula mucronellus

 
Acentropinae
1331

Water Veneer

Acentria ephemerella

 

Scopariinae
1332

Picture Link

Scoparia subfusca

1333

Picture Link

Scoparia pyralella

1334

Picture Link

Scoparia ambigualis

1336 -

Eudonia pallida

1338

Picture Link

Dipleurina lacustrata

1339 -

Eudonia murana

1340

Picture Link

Eudonia truncicolella

1342

Picture Link

Eudonia angustea

1344

Picture Link

Eudonia mercurella

Nymphulinae
1345

Brown China-mark

Elophila nymphaeata

1345

Brown China-mark

Nymphula nymphaeata

1348

Ringed China-mark

Parapoynx stratiotata

1350

Beautiful China-mark

Nymphula stagnata

1354

Small China-mark

Cataclysta lemnata

 
Evergestinae
1356

Garden Pebble

Evergestis forficalis