Moths

List of Moths found at Dun Coillich

Abrostola tripartita (Spectacle)

Acronicta psi (Grey Dagger)

Acronicta rumicis (Knot Grass)

Achlya flavicornis (Yellow Horned)

Agriopis marginaria (Dotted Border)

Anarta myrtilli (Beautiful Yellow Underwing)

Antler (unclear species name – possibly Cerapteryx graminis*)

Apamea monoglypha (Dark Arches)

Apamea remissa (Dusky Brocade)

Aporophyla nigra (Black Rustic)

Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)

Arctia plantaginis (Wood Tiger)

Autographa gamma (Silver Y)

Biston betularia (Peppered Moth)

Camptogramma bilineata (Yellow Shell)

Campaea margaritaria (Light Emerald)

Caradrina morpheus (Mottled Rustic)

Ceramica pisi (Broom Moth)

Cerapteryx graminis (Antler)

Cerura vinula (Puss Moth)

Chiasmia clathrata (Latticed Heath)

Chrysodeuxis chalcites (Golden Twin Spot)

Cidaria fulvata (Barred Yellow)

Colostygia pectinataria (Green Carpet)

Common wave (unclear species)

Common white wave (unclear species)

Conistra vaccinii (Chestnut – Not in original list, but possibly implied)

Cosmorhoe ocellata (Purple Bar)

Coxcomb prominent (unclear species – likely Ptilodon capucina)

Denticucullus pygmina (Small Wainscot)

Diacrisia sannio (Clouded Buff)

Diarsia brunnea (Purple Clay)

Diarsia mendica (Ingrailed Clay)

Dotted Clay (possibly Xestia baja*)

Dysstroma truncata (Common Marbled Carpet)

Ematurga atomaria (Common Heath)

Epirrhoe tristata (Small Argent Sable)

Eulithis populata (Northern Spinach)

Euplexia lucipara (Small Angled Shades)

Eupsilia transversa (Satellite)

Flame Carpet (likely Xanthorhoe designata)

Flame Shoulder (likely Ochropleura plecta)

Fox Moth (likely Macrothylacia rubi)

Garden Tiger (duplicate of Arctia caja)

Ghost Moth (likely Hepialus humuli)

Gold Spot (likely Plusia festucae)

Gold Swift (likely Phymatopus hecta)

Golden Twin Spot (duplicate – see Chrysodeuxis chalcites)

Grass Rivulet (likely Perizoma albulata)

Grass Veneer (unclear species – probably Crambid moth)

Graphiphora augur (Double Dart)

Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth)

Hepialus humuli (Ghost Moth)

Herald (likely Scoliopteryx libatrix)

Hydraecia micacea (Rosy Rustic)

Idaea aversata (Riband Wave)

Laothoe populi (Poplar Hawk-moth)

Lasiocampa quercus (Northern Eggar)

Lecanobia oleracea (Bright-line Brown-eye)

Lecanobia thalassina (Pale-shouldered Brocade)

Lesser Swallow Prominent (likely Pheosia tremula)

Lesser Yellow U’wing (likely Noctua comes)

Lycia hirtaria (Brindled Beauty)

Lycophotia porphyrea (True Lover’s Knot)

Macrothylacia rubi (Fox Moth)

Map Winged Swift (likely Hepialidae, unclear exact Latin name – Tapio kujala is not a species)

Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic)

Middle Barred Minor (likely Oligia fasciuncula)

Mottled Rustic (likely Caradrina morpheus)

Mythimna impura (Smoky Wainscot)

Narrow Bordered Bee Hawk Moth (duplicate of Hemaris tityus)

Noctua comes (Lesser Yellow Underwing)

Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing)

Northern Eggar (duplicate of Lasiocampa quercus)

Northern Spinach (duplicate of Eulithis populata)

Notodonta ziczac (Pebble Prominent)

Nudaria mundana (Muslin Footman)

Ochropleura plecta (Flame Shoulder)

Odontopera bidentata (Scalloped Hazel)

Odezia atrata (Chimney Sweeper)

Oligia fasciuncula (Middle Barred Minor)

Oligia strigilis (Marbled Minor)

Orange Swift (likely Triodia sylvina)

Orgyia antigua (Vapourer)

Orthosia gothica (Hebrew Character)

Orthosia incerta (Clouded Drab)

Pale-shouldered Brocade (duplicate of Lacanobia thalassina)

Pebble Prominent (duplicate of Notodonta ziczac)

Peppered Moth (duplicate of Biston betularia)

Perizoma albulata (Grass Rivulet)

Pheosia tremula (Lesser Swallow Prominent)

Phalera bucephala (Buff-tip)

Phymatopus hecta (Gold Swift)

Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger)

Plusia festucae (Gold Spot)

Poplar Hawk-moth (duplicate of Laothoe populi)

Preissia quadrata (this is a liverwort, not a moth)

Pseudopanthera macularia (Common Yellow Moth – not listed but potentially implied)

Puss Moth (duplicate of Cerura vinula)

Red Carpet (likely Xanthorhoe decoloraria)

Riband Wave (duplicate of Idaea aversata)

Rosy Rustic (duplicate of Hydraecia micacea)

Rivula sericealis (Straw Dot)

Rusina ferruginea (Brown Rustic)

Scoliopteryx libatrix (Herald)

Scopula floslactata (possibly Common Wave – not clearly listed)

Silver Ground Carpet (likely Xanthorhoe montanata)

Silver Y (duplicate of Autographa gamma)

Small Angled Shades (duplicate of Euplexia lucipara)

Small Argent Sable (duplicate of Epirrhoe tristata)

Small Wainscot (duplicate of Denticucullus pygmina)

Smoky Wainscot (duplicate of Mythimna impura)

Snout (unclear species – typically Hypena proboscidalis)

Spectacle (duplicate of Abrostola tripartita)

Spilosoma lubricipeda (White Ermine)

Square spot Rustic (likely Xestia xanthographa)

Straw Dot (duplicate of Rivula sericealis)

Synanthedon myopaeformis (Large Red-Belted Clearwing)

Tapio kujala (not a valid species name – possibly misattribution)

Thyatira batis (Peach Blossom)

Triodia sylvina (Orange Swift)

True Lover’s Knot (duplicate of Lycophotia porphyrea)

Twin spot carpet (unclear species – likely Xanthorhoe quadrifasciata)

Vapourer (duplicate of Orgyia antigua)

White Ermine (duplicate of Spilosoma lubricipeda)

Wood Tiger (duplicate of Arctia plantaginis)

Xanthorhoe decoloraria (Red Carpet)

Xanthorhoe designata (Flame Carpet)

Xanthorhoe montanata (Silver Ground Carpet)

Xestia baja (Dotted Clay)

Xestia triangulum (Double Square Spot)

Xestia xanthographa (Square-spot Rustic)

Yellow Horned (duplicate of Achlya flavicornis)

Yellow Shell (duplicate of Camptogramma bilineata)

Yponomeuta evonymella (Ermine)