NOCTUIDAE (XYLENINAE)

Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus.
Chichester, West Sussex. 1st July 2022

Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis.
24th July 2012

Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis.
Chichester, West Sussex. 8th August 2020

Clancy's Rustic Caradrina kadenii.
Chichester, West Sussex. 11th October 2023

The Rustic Hoplodrina blanda.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011

The Rustic Hoplodrina blanda.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 24th August 2018

The Uncertain Hoplodrina octogenaria.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 9th July 2018

Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua.
Hanford, Dorset. 17th June 2017

Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua.
First for my garden. 29th May 2025

Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritima, f. nigristriata.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 2nd July 2021

Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 22nd May 2019

Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 2nd June 2013

Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica, f. obscura.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 4th June 2013

Bird's Wing Dypterygia scabriuscula.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 12th September 2011

Old Lady Mormo maura.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 12th September 2022

Guernsey Underwing Polyphaenis sericata.
Brion, Loire, France. 3rd July 2014

Straw Underwing Thalophila matura.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 13th September 2011

Straw Underwing Thalophila matura.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 15th September 2011

Straw Underwing Thalophila matura.
Broad Oak, East Sussex. 8th August 2023

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa.
22nd September 2012

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa.
1st October 2011

Small Angle Shades Euplexia leucipara.
2nd July 2010

Small Angle Shades Euplexia leucipara.
5th July 2012

Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca.
Chichester, West Sussex. 20th July 2020

Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca.
Brion, Loire, France. 3rd July 2014

Frosted Orange Gortyna flavago.
Chichester, West Sussex. 17th September 2021

Frosted Orange Gortyna flavago.
First for my garden 15th September 2023

Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011

Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea.
1st October 2011

Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea.
11th September 2019

Large Ear, Crinian Ear or Ear Moth Amphipoea lucens, A. crinanensis or A. oculea.
Not possible to discriminate between these species without killing the moth and examining genetalia and I don't do that, at least not to moths! Saltern Ear (A. fucosa paludis) is unlikely for my garden as it is mainly a coastal species. 26th August 2022

Large Ear, Crinian Ear or Ear Moth Amphipoea lucens, A. crinanensis or A. oculea.
Lyme Park, Cheshire 26th July 2018

Large Ear, Crinian Ear or Ear Moth Amphipoea lucens, A. crinanensis or A. oculea.
13th August 2020

Dumeril's Rustic Luperina dumerilii.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 12th September 2011
An immigrant to the UK, common in southern Europe - the most numerous moth in my trap in the Dordogne in September 2011. Extremely variable - note the range in the four images shown here.

Dumeril's Rustic Luperina dumerilii.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 14th September 2011

Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea.
Piddinghoe (near Newhaven), Sussex. 12th September 2012

Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea.
Piddinghoe (near Newhaven), Sussex. 13th September 2012

Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea.
Lyme Park, Cheshire East. 27th August 2022

Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 12th September 2022

Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa.
Docking, Norfolk. 13th October 2025

Bulrush Wainscot Nonagria typhae.
First for the garden. 11th August 2025

Small wainscot Chortodes pygmina.
23rd July 2010

Small wainscot Chortodes pygmina.
21st August 2013

Small Dotted Buff Photedes minima male.
15th July 2018

Small Dotted Buff Photedes minima.
9th July 2025

Webb's Wainscot Globia sparganii.
Near Three Oaks, East Sussex. 7th September 2025

Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 2nd July 2021

Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa.
27th June 2011

Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 29th June 2023

Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata.
11th July 2012

Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata.
Bromlow, Shropshire. 28th May 2011

Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps.
Ridge, Wiltshire. 23rd June 2013

Rustic Shoulder Knot Apamea sordens.
8th May 2011

Rustic Shoulder Knot Apamea sordens.
1st June 2011

Rustic Shoulder Knot Apamea sordens.
26th May 2023

Small Clouded Brindle Apamea unanimis.
1st June 2011

Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina.
Membury, Devon. 15th July 2013

Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina.
16th July 2022

Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha.
10th June 2011

Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha.
18th June 2012

Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha.
22nd June 2011

Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011

Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea.
26th July 2011

Reddish Light Arches Apamea sublustris.
Hanford, Dorset. 19th June 2017

Double Lobed Lateroligia ophiogramma.
Membury, Devon. 17th July 2013

Double Lobed Lateroligia ophiogramma.
3rd July 2018

Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
23rd July 2011. Not possible to separate the two species without dissection.

Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
23rd July 2011. See above.

Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011. See above.

Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
3rd August 2011. See above.

Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
13th August 2011. See above.

Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
2nd August 2012. See above.

Rosy Minor Litoligia literosa.
25th July 2025

Oligia sp. A species of the Minor group - impossible to differentiate between Marbled Minor (O. strigilis) and Tawny Marbled Minor (O. latruncula) without examination of genetalia.
2nd July 2011

Oligia sp. A species of the Minor group - see above.
1st July 2012

Oligia sp. A species of the Minor group - see above.
2nd June 2022

Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula.
19th June 2011

Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula.f. pallida
9th June 2018

Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula.f. pallida
14th June 2020

Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula
Chichester, W. Sussex. 17th July 2020

Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula
Chichester, W. Sussex. 18th July 2021

Orange Sallow Tiliacea citrago.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 11th September 2019

Orange Sallow Tiliacea citrago.
7th September 2021

Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago.
Little Walsingham, Norfolk. 26th Septembber 2018

Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata.
2nd September 2010

Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata.
28th September 2014

Sallow Xanthia icteritia.
21st August 2011

Sallow Xanthia icteritia.
25th August 2011

Sallow Xanthia icteritia.
5th September 2014

Sallow Xanthia icteritia Ab. flavescens.
10th September 2021

Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis.
Hindringham, Norfolk. 10th October 2011

Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis.
Little Walsingham, Norfolk. 26th Septembber 2018

Brown-spot Pinion Agrochola litura.
25th Septembber 2021

Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota.
27th September 2011

Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota.
29th September 2011

Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola machilenta.
27th September 2011

Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola machilenta.
1st October 2011

Brick Agrochola circellaris.
Hindringham, Norfolk. 10th October 2011

Brick Agrochola circellaris.
13th October 2011

Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
25th September 2011

Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
28th September 2014

Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 24th September 2017

Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 13th September 2022

Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
Little Walsingham, Norfolk. 26th Septembber 2018

Chestnut Conistra vaccinii.
15th October 2011

Chestnut Conistra vaccinii.
8th November 2011

Dark Chestnut Conistra ligula.
31st October 2011

Pale Pinion Lithophane socia.
13th May 2023

Grey Shoulder-knot Lithophane ornitopus.
26th October 2011

Grey Shoulder-knot Lithophane ornitopus.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 13th October 2021

Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri hesperica.
27th September 2011

Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri hesperica.
29th September 2011

Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri hesperica.
1st October 2011

Satellite Eupsilia transversa.
31st October 2011

Satellite Eupsilia transversa.
13th October 2011

Satellite Eupsilia transversa.
26th October 2011

Olive Ipimorpha subtusa.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 18th July 2021

Lesser-spotted Pinion Cosmia affinis.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 13th September 2011

Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina.
21st July 2011

Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina.
2nd August 2011

Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina.
21st July 2014

Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina.
Pale variant, 2nd August 2021

Lunar-spotted Pinion Cosmia pyralina.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011

Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago.
23rd August 2021

Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago.
Chichester, West Sussex. 17th September 2021

Minor Shoulder-knot Brachylomia viminalis.
Glanville Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011

Suspected Parastichtis suspecta.
Lyme Park, East Cheshire. 11th July 2022

Oak Rustic Dryobota labecula.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 31st October 2018

Merveille du Jour Dichonia aprilina.
27th September 2011

Merveille du Jour Dichonia aprilina.
Hindringham, Norfolk. 10th October 2011

Merveille du Jour Dichonia aprilina.
Cichester, West Sussex. 14th October 2017. Much brighter than northern specimens.

Brindled Green Druobotodes eremita.
2nd September 2011

Brindled Green Druobotodes eremita.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 12th September 2022

Southern Brindled Green Druobotodes roboris.
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 16th September 2011
This species is on the UK list (2248a) after a 2006 record from Jersey..

Grey Chi Antitype chi.
21st August 2011

Grey Chi Antitype chi.
23rd August 2011

Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra.
13th October 2011

Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra.
Little Walsingham, Norfolk 26th September 2018

Large Ranunculus Polymixis flavicincta.
Hindringham, Norfolk. 10th October 2011

Dark brocade Blepharita adusta.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 25th August 2018