Moths

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

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Cinnabar Moth
Tyria jacobaeae

Common Marbled Carpet
Chloroclysta truncata

Garden Carpet
Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Grass Moth
Agriphila straminella

Large Yellow Underwing
Noctua pronuba

Lesser Broad-bordered
Yellow Underwing
Noctua janthe

Light Brown Apple Moth
Epiphyas postvittana

Mint Moth
Pyrausta aurata

Moth
Micropterix aruncella

Riband Wave
Idaea aversata

Silver Y
Autographa gamma

Six-spot Burnet
Zygaena filipendulae

Small Magpie Moth
Eurrhypara hortulata

Willow Beauty
Peribatodes rhomboidaria

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