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| (Linnaeus 1761) | (Linnaeus 1761) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | |
| Hepialidae - Hepialinae | Hepialidae - Hepialinae | Hepialidae - Hepialinae | Hepialidae - Hepialinae | |
| Orange Swift | Orange Swift | Common Swift | Common Swift | |
| Hepialus sylvina | Hepialus sylvina | Hepialus lupulinus | Hepialus lupulinus | |
| 3.001 BF 15 | 3.001 BF 15 | 3.002 BF 17 | 3.002 BF 17 | |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 32mm to 48mm. Flight Period: June to September. Habitat: Found gardens, waste ground, moor land, heaths, road side verges and many other situations. Comment: This moth is common and widely distributed in England and Wales, less common in the north but wide spread as far up as Sutherland. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 25mm to 50mm. Flight Period: May and June. Habitat: Found in gardens, parks, waste ground, moor land, heaths, road side verges, wood land. Comment: This moth is widespread in the UK, and quite common in England and Wales. Scarcer in Ireland, and localised in Scotland. |
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| (De Geer 1788) | (De Geer 1788) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | |
| Hepialidae - Hepialinae | Hepialidae - Hepialinae | Hepialidae - Hepialinae | Hepialidae - Hepialinae | |
| Map-winged Swift | Map-winged Swift | Gold Swift | Gold Swift | |
| Hepialus fusconebulosa | Hepialus fusconebulosa | Hepialus hecta | Hepialus hecta | |
| 3.003 BF 18 | 3.003 BF 18 | 3.004 BF 16 | 3.004 BF 16 | |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 32mm to 50mm. Flight Period: May into July. Habitat: Bracken roots are the larval food plant, the moth is found in open wood land and moor land. Comment: Moths of this species are wide spread but local in the British Isles. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 26mm to 32mm. Flight Period: June and July. Habitat: Found in gardens, parks, waste ground, moor land, heaths, road side verges, wood land and other places. Comment: This moths is localised but not uncommon in the UK. It occurs, as far north as Caithness and Sutherland. |
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| (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | ||
| Hepialidae - Hepialinae | Hepialidae - Hepialinae | Hepialidae - Hepialinae | ||
| Ghost Moth | Ghost Moth | Ghost Moth | ||
| Hepialus humuli | Hepialus humuli | Hepialus humuli | ||
| 3.005 BF 14 | 3.005 BF 14 | 3.005 BF 14 | ||
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 44mm to 60mm. Flight Period: June and July. Male moths hover just above the ground in a ghostly fashion. Habitat: Found in open grassy area's such as road verges, meadows, river banks. Comment: Moths of this species are a common and widely is distributed in the UK, including Orkney and the Hebrides. |
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| (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Esper 1783) |
| Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae | Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae | Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae | Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae | Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae |
| Six-spot Burnet | Six-spot Burnet | Six-spot Burnet | Six-spot Burnet | Five-spot Burnet |
| Zygaena filipendulae | Zygaena filipendulae | Zygaena filipendulae | Zygaena filipendulae | Zygaena trifolii trifolii |
| 54.008 BF 169 | 54.008 BF 169 | 54.008 BF 169 | 54.008 BF 169 | 54.010 BF 170 |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 25mm to 40mm. Flight Period: June until August. Habitat: Found in open grassy area's such as road side verges, meadows, embankments, river banks. Comment: This moth is common through out England, Wales and Ireland, and it is wide spread, but mainly coastal in Scotland. |
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| (Scheven 1777) | (Scheven 1777) | (Scheven 1777) | (Scheven 1777) | (Esper 1783) |
| Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae | Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae | Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae | Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae | Zygaenidae - Zygaeninae |
| Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet | Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet | Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet | Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet | Five-spot Burnet |
| Zygaena latomarginata | Zygaena latomarginata | Zygaena latomarginata | Zygaena latomarginata | Zygaena trifolii trifolii |
| 54.009 BF 171 | 54.009 BF 171 | 54.009 BF 171 | 54.009 BF 171 | 54.010 BF 170 |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 30mm to 46mm. Flight Period: June to July. Habitat: Found on commons, marshes, under cliffs, waste ground, open woodland other areas where it food plants grow. Comment: This moth is common, and wide spread in England, Found in the south east of Wales, also In Ireland, the Isle of Skye. |
Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 32mm to 40mm. Flight Period: July and August. Habitat: Habitats are damp meadows, marshes and the damper part of heathlands. Comment: This species widespread and common locally in south west England. Also in Hampshire, North and south Wales, Norfolk and the Isle of Man. |
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