July

Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulataSmall Magpie

This single-brooded pyralid moth flies in June and July. It is often very common among nettles in all five vice-counties.

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

2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg.
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay
2098 Axylia putris Flame
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth
2057 Arctia caja Garden Tiger
2443 Autographa jota Plain Golden Y
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark / Grey Dagger
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg.
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata Garden Carpet
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar
2136 Naenia typica Gothic
2442 Autographa pulchrina Beautiful Golden Y
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth
2345 Photedes minima Small Dotted Buff
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot
2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet
2340 Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug
2130 Xestia baja Dotted Clay
1955 Cabera pusaria Common White Wave
1713 Idaea aversata ab. remutata Riband Wave [non-banded form]
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades
1803 Perizoma alchemillata Small Rivulet
2120 Diarsia mendica Ingrailed Clay
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow

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