Moths

A selection of some of the most common moths to be found in the UK

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Blood-Vein
Timandra Comae

Cinnabar
Tyria jacobaeae

Common Marbled Carpet
Chloroclysta truncata

Currant Clearwing
Synanthedon tipuliformis

Garden Carpet
Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Grass Moth
Agriphila straminella

Jersey Tiger Moth
Euplagia quadripunctaria

Large Yellow Underwing
Noctua pronuba

Lesser Broad-bordered
Yellow Underwing
Noctua janthe

Light Brown Apple Moth
Epiphyas postvittana

Longhorn Moth
Adela reaumurella

Mint Moth
Pyrausta aurata

Moth
Micropterix aruncella

Plain Wave
Idaea straminata

Riband Wave
Idaea aversata

Silver Y
Autographa gamma

Six-spot Burnet
Zygaena filipendulae

Small Magpie
Eurrhypara hortulata

Willow Beauty
Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Yellow Shell
Camptogramma bilineata

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