Orange Sallow Xanthia citrago
This moth occurs locally, in Yorkshire, where limes are established. The larvae feed at night, in April and May, and can be found by torch-light at the base of Lime trees.
The commonest Yorkshire macro-moths to be recorded in September are (in descending order):
| 2107 | Noctua pronuba | Large Yellow Underwing |
| 2126 | Xestia c-nigrum | Setaceous Hebrew Character |
| 2109 | Noctua comes | Lesser Yellow Underwing |
| 2306 | Phlogophora meticulosa | Angle Shades |
| 2270 | Omphaloscelis lunosa | Lunar Underwing |
| 2441 | Autographa gamma | Silver Y |
| 2361 | Hydraecia micacea | Rosy Rustic |
| 2134 | Xestia xanthographa | Square-spot Rustic |
| 2266 | Agrochola litura | Brown-spot Pinion |
| 2299 | Amphipyra tragopoginis | Mouse Moth |
| 2199 | Mythimna pallens | Common Wainscot |
| 1764 | Chloroclysta truncata | Common Marbled Carpet |
| 2267 | Agrochola lychnidis | Beaded Chestnut |
| 1728 | Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata | Garden Carpet |
| 2364 | Gortyna flavago | Frosted Orange |
| 2353 | Luperina testacea | Flounced Rustic |
| 2389 | Paradrina clavipalpis | Pale Mottled Willow |
| 1913 | Ennomos alniaria | Canary-shouldered Thorn |
| 2123 | Diarsia rubi | Small Square-spot |
| 2240 | Lithophane leautieri hesperica | Blair's Shoulder-knot |
| 2245 | Allophyes oxyacanthae | Green-brindled Crescent |
| 2273 | Xanthia togata | Pink-barred Sallow |
| 2477 | Hypena proboscidalis | Snout |
| 2269 | Atethmia centrago | Centre-barred Sallow |
| 1768 | Thera obeliscata | Grey Pine Carpet |
| 1937 | Peribatodes rhomboidaria | Willow Beauty |
| 2343x | Mesapamea secalis agg. | Common Rustic agg. |
| 2198 | Mythimna impura | Smoky Wainscot |
| 2091 | Agrotis ipsilon | Dark Sword-grass |
| 2117 | Eugnorisma glareosa | Autumnal Rustic |
| 2298 | Amphipyra berbera svenssoni | Svensson's Copper Underwing |
| 1914 | Ennomos fuscantaria | Dusky Thorn |
| 2263 | Agrochola lota | Red-line Quaker |
| 2274 | Xanthia icteritia | Sallow |
| 2452 | Catocala nupta | Red Underwing |
| 2321 | Apamea monoglypha | Dark Arches |
| 2087 | Agrotis segetum | Turnip Moth |
| 2110 | Noctua fimbriata | Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing |
| 2434 | Diachrysia chrysitis | Burnished Brass |
| 2092 | Agrotis puta | Shuttle-shaped Dart |
| 2232 | Aporophyla nigra | Black Rustic |
| 2375 | Rhizedra lutosa | Large Wainscot |
| 2255 | Polymixis lichenea | Feathered Ranunculus |
| 2350 | Chortodes pygmina | Small Wainscot |
| 2111 | Noctua janthe | Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing |
| 2102 | Ochropleura plecta | Flame Shoulder |
| 2026 | Orgyia antiqua | Vapourer |
| 2248 | Dryobotodes eremita | Brindled Green |
| 1776 | Colostygia pectinataria | Green Carpet |
| 1760 | Chloroclysta siterata | Red-green Carpet |
| 2474 | Rivula sericealis | Straw Dot |
| 2160 | Lacanobia oleracea | Bright-line Brown-eye |
| 2264 | Agrochola macilenta | Yellow-line Quaker |
| 1682 | Timandra comae | Blood-vein |
| 1707 | Idaea seriata | Small Dusty Wave |
| 2092 | Agrotis puta puta | Shuttle-shaped Dart |
| 2272 | Xanthia aurago | Barred Sallow |
| 2262 | Agrochola circellaris | Brick |
| 1769 | Thera britannica | Spruce Carpet |
| 2439 | Plusia festucae | Gold Spot |
| 2275 | Xanthia gilvago | Dusky-lemon Sallow |
| 2247 | Dichonia aprilina | Merveille du Jour |
| 2098 | Axylia putris | Flame |
| 1738 | Epirrhoe alternata | Common Carpet |
| 2369 | Nonagria typhae | Bulrush Wainscot |
| 1762 | Chloroclysta citrata | Dark Marbled Carpet |
| 1755 | Eulithis testata | Chevron |
| 1906 | Opisthograptis luteolata | Brimstone Moth |
| 2360x | Amphipoea oculea agg. | Ear Moth agg. |
| 1984 | Macroglossum stellatarum | Humming-bird Hawk-moth |
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