Moths to see now

The following moths and butterflies are all expected to be adult or out now. This list is based on the current week (Week 50) and includes adult/mature stages found at this time of year from our data in Essex (VC18 and 19). The most likely species come first - note that those at the end of the list may be unlikely!

Bradley No	Species	Group	Number of Records
70.106	Winter Moth Operophtera brumata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	226
70.256	Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	124
66.001	December Moth Poecilocampa populi	Lepidoptera: macromoths	82
73.195	Dark Chestnut Conistra ligula	Lepidoptera: macromoths	36
73.194	Chestnut Conistra vaccinii	Lepidoptera: macromoths	34
49.039	Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	32
70.254	Scarce Umber Agriopis aurantiaria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	30
45.044	Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla	Lepidoptera: micromoths	21
73.210	Satellite Eupsilia transversa	Lepidoptera: macromoths	12
73.015	Silver Y Autographa gamma	Lepidoptera: macromoths	11
17.011	Varied Ochre Ypsolopha ustella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	9
70.141	Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	9
49.083-4 BF1044x	Tawny Oak Tortrix agg. Acleris ferrugana/notana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	8
59.023	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Lepidoptera: butterflies	8
70.095	Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	8
32.031	Hemlock Moth Agonopterix alstromeriana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	6
49.073	Viburnum Tortrix Acleris schalleriana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	6
70.107x BF1795x	November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.	Lepidoptera: macromoths	6
40.008	Garden Mompha Mompha subbistrigella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
59.026	Peacock Aglais io	Lepidoptera: butterflies	5
63.031	Rusty-dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
70.105	Northern Winter Moth Operophtera fagata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	5
70.247	Pale Brindled Beauty Phigalia pilosaria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	5
41.003	Large Pale Masoner Blastobasis lacticolella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
70.083	Cypress Carpet Thera cupressata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	4
28.024	Australian Orange-tip Tachystola acroxantha	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
40.010	Buff Mompha Mompha epilobiella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
45.010	Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
49.080	Varied Tortrix Acleris hastiana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
59.027	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Lepidoptera: butterflies	3
70.244	Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	3
73.113	Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa	Lepidoptera: macromoths	3
74.009	Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana	Lepidoptera: macromoths	3
34.009	Pellitory Beauty Cosmopterix pulchrimella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
44.001	Many-plumed Moth Alucita hexadactyla	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
49.043	Frost Tortrix Exapate congelatella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
49.070	Rhomboid Tortrix Acleris rhombana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
49.083	Tawny Oak Tortrix Acleris ferrugana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
70.253	Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaearia	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.065	Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.069	Early Grey Xylocampa areola	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.189	Red-line Quaker Leptologia lota	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.196	Black-spotted Chestnut Conistra rubiginosa	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.202	Grey Shoulder-knot Lithophane ornitopus	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.342	Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.345	Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2