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.