March

The Engrailed Ectropis bistortata The Engrailed Ectropis bistortata

In Yorkshire there are two generations, flying in March and April, and then in July and August.

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The commonest Yorkshire macro-moths likely to be recorded in March are (in descending order):

2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker
2188 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab
2243 Xylocampa areola Early Grey
1663 Alsophila aescularia March Moth
2182 Orthosia cruda Small Quaker
1934 Agriopis marginaria Dotted Border
2139 Cerastis rubricosa Red Chestnut
2189 Orthosia munda Twin-spotted Quaker
2258 Conistra vaccinii Chestnut
2256 Eupsilia transversa Satellite
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn
1926 Phigalia pilosaria Pale Brindled Beauty
1746 Anticlea badiata Shoulder Stripe
1930 Biston strataria Oak Beauty
1852 Eupithecia abbreviata Brindled Pug
1960 Theria primaria Early Moth
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed
1659 Achlya flavicornis Yellow Horned
2179 Panolis flammea Pine Beauty
1775 Colostygia multistrigaria Mottled Grey
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug
2185 Orthosia populeti Lead-coloured Drab
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades
1881 Trichopteryx carpinata Early Tooth-striped
1750 Lampropteryx suffumata Water Carpet
2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald
2236 Lithophane hepatica Pale Pinion
2186 Orthosia gracilis Powdered Quaker
2241 Xylena vetusta Red Sword-grass
1661 Archiearis parthenias Orange Underwing
2140 Cerastis leucographa White-marked
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet
2259 Conistra ligula Dark Chestnut
2423 Nycteola revayana Oak Nycteoline
2237 Lithophane ornitopus lactipennis Grey Shoulder-knot
1932 Agriopis leucophaearia Spring Usher
2235 Lithophane semibrunnea Tawny Pinion
1761 Chloroclysta miata Autumn Green Carpet
1919 Selenia tetralunaria Purple Thorn
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth
1747 Anticlea derivata Streamer
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow

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To learn about Yorkshire micro-moths in March; click here.

Yorkshiremoths