November

Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayanarevayana

This member of the Noctuidae is often mistaken for a tortricoid moth. It overwinters as an adult among dead leaves around the base of trees and also in conifers. The foodplant is Oak

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Scarce Umber Agriopis aurantiaria is not often reported due to the paucity of active light-trappers during its flight period of October and November. This specimen was found in the "Emmerdale" village of Esholt (VC64).

.Scarce Umber (Agriopis aurantiaria)

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

1631 Poecilocampa populi December Moth
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades
1799 Operophtera brumata Winter Moth
1923 Colotois pennaria Feathered Thorn
1935 Erannis defoliaria Mottled Umber
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y
2264 Agrochola macilenta Yellow-line Quaker
2258 Conistra vaccinii Chestnut
1933 Agriopis aurantiaria Scarce Umber
2240 Lithophane leautieri hesperica Blair's Shoulder-knot
2259 Conistra ligula Dark Chestnut
2263 Agrochola lota Red-line Quaker
2256 Eupsilia transversa Satellite
1771 Thera juniperata juniperata Juniper Carpet
2227 Asteroscopus sphinx Sprawler
2262 Agrochola circellaris Brick
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet
1795x Epirrita dilutata agg. November Moth agg.
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut
1795 Epirrita dilutata November Moth
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth
2245 Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent
1800 Operophtera fagata Northern Winter Moth
2241 Xylena vetusta Red Sword-grass
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing
1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet
2020 Diloba caeruleocephala Figure of Eight
2119 Peridroma saucia Pearly Underwing
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character
2375 Rhizedra lutosa Large Wainscot
2247 Dichonia aprilina Merveille du Jour
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart
1797 Epirrita autumnata Autumnal Moth
2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing
2423 Nycteola revayana Oak Nycteoline
1796 Epirrita christyi Pale November Moth
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic
1761 Chloroclysta miata Autumn Green Carpet
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet
2272 Xanthia aurago Barred Sallow
1926 Phigalia pilosaria Pale Brindled Beauty
1864 Chesias legatella Streak
2092 Agrotis puta puta Shuttle-shaped Dart
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye
2203 Mythimna unipuncta White-speck

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