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| (Haworth 1828) | (Haworth 1828) | (Haworth 1828) | (Hubner 1796) | (Hubner 1796) |
| Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae |
| Small Dingy Tubic - Borkhausenia fuscescens | Small Dingy Tubic - Borkhausenia fuscescens | Golden-brown Tubic - Crassa unitella | Golden-brown Tubic - Crassa unitella | |
| 28.012 BF 644 | 28.012 BF 644 | 28.012 BF 644 | 28.014 BF 642 | 28.014 BF 642 |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 7mm to 12mm. Flight Period: July and August. Habitat: Wooded areas with plenty of dead leaves, sometimes found in birds nests and squirrels' dreys. Comment: This species is fairly common over most of the UK, though is rare in Northern Ireland, and is not found in the far north of Scotland.. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 13mm to 17mm. Flight Period: June through to August. Habitat: Feeding under dead bark this species can be found in many wooded areas. Comment: This moth is common in southern England and Wales, it is scarcer further north as far as Yorkshire. |
| (Fabricius 1775) | (Fabricius 1775) | (Fabricius 1775) | (Fabricius 1775) | (Fabricius 1775) |
| Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Depressariidae - Depressariinae | Depressariidae - Depressariinae |
| Sulphur Tubic | Sulphur Tubic | Sulphur Tubic | Red-letter Flat-body | |
| Esperia sulphurella | Esperia sulphurella | Esperia sulphurella | Agonopterix ocellana | |
| 28.019 BF 649 | 28.019 BF 649 | 28.019 BF 649 | 32.007 BF 141 | 32.007 BF 141 |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 12mm to 15mm Flight Period: From around late April through to autumn in overlapping broods. Habitat: Usually ancient woodland and hedgerows, some times found in gardens. Comment: This moth is common throughout England and Wales, and is scarcer in Scotland. Widespread in Ireland, commoner near the coast. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 19mm to 22mm. Flight Period: September through to May, hibernating during cold spells.. Habitat: A wide variety of places where ever Willow species grow. Comment: This moth is fairly common throughout the UK, with the exception of the Orkney, Outer Hebrides, Shetland. |
| (Meyrick 1885) | (Meyrick 1885) | (Meyrick 1885) | (Meyrick 1885) | |
| Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | Oecophoridae - Oecophorinae | |
| Ruddy Streak - Tachystola | Ruddy Streak - Tachystola | Ruddy Streak - | Ruddy Streak - Tachystola | |
| acroxantha | acroxantha | acroxantha | acroxantha | |
| 28.024 BF 656 | 28.024 BF 656 | 28.024 BF 656 | 28.024 BF 656 | |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 13mm to 15mm. Flight Period: May until September in two overlapping broods. Habitat: Most types of places with trees and bushes, with plenty of dead leaves and rotting wood. Comment: first recorded in Devon in 1908, it has since spread as far north as Yorkshire. They are common in my Pudsey garden. |
There are quite a number of adventive moths on the UK list. These are moths that have been accidentally introduced with imported food stuffs, timber, or gardening products. The Ruddy Streak (to the left) is a good example of this. It only appeared in the last couple of decades, and is spreading rapidly. |
| (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) | (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) | (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) | (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) | |
| Chimabachidae - Chimabachinae | Chimabachidae - Chimabachinae | Chimabachidae - Chimabachinae | Chimabachidae - Chimabachinae | |
| March Tubic - Diurnaea fagella | March Tubic - Diurnaea fagella | March Tubic - Diurnaea fagella | ||
| 29.001 BF 663 | 29.001 BF 663 | 29.001 BF 663 | 29.001 BF 663 | |
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Status: Resident in UK. Wing Span: 19mm to 29mm. Flight Period: March through to May. Habitat: In England and Wales mainly Oak woodland, in Scotland in Birch woods. Comment: This moth is fairly common in most of the British Isles, except Orkney, the Outer Hebrides, Shetland and the extreme north west of the Scottish mainland. |
Species 32.016 to 35.141 continued on the next page |
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