August

Lesser Treble-bar Aplocera efformataLesser Trreble-bar (Aplocera efformata)

Close to the northern limit of its range, this species is commonest in vice-counties 61,63 and 64.

The commonest Yorkshire macro-moths recorded during August are (in descending order):

2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg.
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty
2133 Xestia sexstrigata Six-striped Rustic
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata Garden Carpet
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg
2112 Noctua interjecta caliginosa Least Yellow Underwing
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character
2342 Mesoligia literosa Rosy Minor
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay
2092 Agrotis puta puta Shuttle-shaped Dart
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot
2130 Xestia baja Dotted Clay
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn
1725 Xanthorhoe ferrugata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic
1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet
2006 Pheosia gnoma Lesser Swallow Prominent
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug
2176 Cerapteryx graminis Antler Moth
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor
2298 Amphipyra berbera svenssoni Svensson's Copper Underwing
2274 Xanthia icteritia Sallow
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot

To see a list of Yorkshire micro-moths for August; click here.

Yorkshiremoths