Moths Seen

Moth Nights have been held at Maple Lodge since 1983. To-date over 240 different species of Macro moth and over 100 different species of Micro moth have been recorded on the reserve. During a moth night, a light source is placed on a white plastic sheet on the ground in an appropriate clearing near a variety of hedges, bushes, plants and trees. The moths are attracted to the light and as they flutter around it or settle onto the sheet, they are caught in a clear plastic container by a participant of the moth evening. We then take them back to the Clubhouse where they are identified (with the aid of a number of books and occasionally a moth expert) before being recorded and released. Additionally we now (2008 onwards) use moth traps put out overnight and emptied early the following morning.

For moth pictures and details please click open this link --> http://ukmoths.org.uk  Enter the moth name (or part of it) in the Moth name search field and press Go.  

The following list shows those moth species that have been recorded at Maple Lodge. The date shown is the first year in which they were recorded on the reserve.
[Please note there may be a small number of misidentifications].....

Macro Moths
Angle Shades (1983)
Ash Pug (1983)
August Thorn (2010)
Balsam Carpet (1983)
Barred Sallow (2009)
Barred Straw (1983)
Barred Yellow (2008)
Beaded Chestnut (1983)
Beautiful Golden Y (1984)
Beautiful Hook-tip (2008)

Birch Mocha (1983)
Black Arches (2007)
Blood-vein (1983)
Blue-bordered Carpet (2009)
Bordered Beauty (2008)
Bordered Pug (1983)
Brick (The) (2009)
Bright-line Brown-eye (1983)
Brimstone Moth (1983)
Brindled Beauty (1984)
Brindled Green (2007)
Brindled Pug (2008)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (1985)
Broken-barred Carpet (1983)
Broom Moth (1983)
Brown-spot Pinion (1983)
Brown-veined Wainscot (1996)
Buff Arches (1983)
Buff Ermine (1983)
Buff Footman (2009)
Buff-Tip (1983)
Bulrush Wainscot (2009)
Burnished Brass (1983)
Cabbage Moth (1983)
Canary-shouldered Thorn (1983)
Centre-barred Sallow (2009)
Chestnut (The) (2010)
Chinese Character (1986)
Chocolate-tip (1983)
Cinnabar (The) (1989)
Clay (The) (1984)
Cloaked Minor (1983)
Cloaked Pug (?) (1987)
Clouded Border (1983)
Clouded Drab (1983)
Clouded Silver (2008)
Common Carpet (1983)
Common Emerald (2008)

Common Footman (1983)
Common Marbled Carpet (1983)
Common Pug (2010)
Common Quaker (1983)
Common Rustic (1983)
Common Swift (1983)
Common Wainscot (1983)
Common Wave (1984)
Common White Wave (1983)
Copper Underwing (1983)
Coronet (The) (2010 - Good record for Herts)
Coxcomb Prominent (1983)
Cream Bordered Green Pea (Scarce) (2008)
Dark Arches (1983)
Dark Chestnut (2009)
Dark Spinach (1985)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (1983)
Dingy Footman (1984)
Dingy Shears (1983)
Dingy Shell (1983)
Dot Moth (1983)
Dotted Border (1984)
Double Lobed (1987)
Double Square-spot (1983)
Double Striped Pug (2007)
Drinker (The) (1983)
Dun-bar (The) (1983)
Dusky Brocade (1983)
Dusky Thorn (1983)
Dwarf Cream Wave (2008)

Ear Moth (2007)
Early Thorn (1983)
Elephant Hawk-moth (1984)
Engrailed (The) (1983)
Eyed Hawk-moth (2010)
Fan-foot (The)
(2008)
Feathered Gothic (The) (1985)
Feathered Thorn (The) (1983)
Figure of Eighty (2008)
Flame (The) (1983)
Flame Carpet (1983)
Flame Shoulder (1983)
Flounced Rustic (1983)
Foxglove Pug (2008)
Frosted Green (2008)
Garden Carpet (1983)
Garden Tiger (1983)
Ghost Moth (1983)
Gold Spot (2009 - Only 6th record for Herts)
Gothic (The) (1996)
Green Brindled Crescent (2009)
Green Carpet (1983)
Green Pug (2008)
Grey or Dark Dagger  (1986)
Heart and Club (2008)

Heart and Dart (1983)
Hebrew Character (1983)
Herald (The) (1983)
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (1987)
Ingrailed Clay (2009)
Iron Prominent (1983)
July Highflyer (1983)
Knot Grass (2010)
Large Emerald (1983)
Large Twin-spot Carpet (2009)
Large Yellow Underwing (1983)
Latticed Heath (1986)
Lead-coloured Drab (2008)
Least Black Arches (2008)
Least Carpet (2007)
Least Yellow Underwing (1983)
Leopard Moth (1983)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (1983)
Lesser Swallow Prominent (2009)

Lesser Yellow Underwing (1983)
Light Arches (1983)
Light Emerald (2007)
Lilac Beauty (1983)
Lime-speck Pug (1985)
Lobster Moth (2010)
Lunar Underwing (1983)
Magpie (The) (1984)
Maiden’s Blush (2007)
Mallow (The) (2009)
Marbled Beauty (1983)
Marbled Minor (1983)
Marbled White Spot (2009)
March Moth (1984)
May Highflyer (1983)
Middle-barred Minor (1983)
Miller (The) (1983)
Mottled Beauty (2008)

Mottled Rustic (1983)
Mouse Moth (1983)
Muslin Moth (2008)
November Moth (1983)
Nutmeg (2009)
Nut-tree Tussock (1986)
Oak Beauty (2008)
Oak Hook-tip (1983)
Old Lady (1984)
Olive (2007)
Orange Footman (2008)
Orange Swift (1983)
Pale Brindled Beauty (2010)
Pale Mottled Willow (1984)
Pale Oak Beauty (1983)
Pale Prominent (1983)
Pale Tussock (2010)
Peach Blossom (1983)
Pearly Underwing (1983)
Pebble Hook-tip (1983)
Pebble Prominent (1983)
Peppered Moth (1983)
Pine Beauty (2010)
Pink-barred Sallow (1983)
Pinion-streaked Snout (2009)
Poplar Grey (1983)
Poplar Hawk-moth (1983)
Poplar Kitten (1985)
Powdered Quaker (2010)
Purple Thorn (2009)
Red-green Carpet (2009)
Red Twin-spot Carpet (1983)
Red Underwing (1984)
Red-line Quaker (1983)
Riband Wave (1983)
Rivulet (The) (1985)
Rosy Rustic (1983)
Round-winged Muslin (1983)
Ruby Tiger (1983)
Rustic (The) (1983)
Rustic Shoulder-knot (1983)

Sallow (The) (1983)
Sallow Kitten (1983)
Sandy Carpet (1983)
Satellite (1983)
Scalloped Hazel (1983)
Scalloped Oak (1986)
Scarce Footman (2008)
Scarce Silver-lines (2009)
Scorched Carpet (1984)
Scorched Wing (2008)
September Thorn (1983)
Seraphim (2008)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (1983)
Shaded Broad-bar (1985)
Short-cloaked Moth (2009)
Shoulder Stripe (1984)
Shoulder Striped Wainscot (2010)
Shuttle-shaped Dart (1983)
Silver Pug (?) (1999)
Silver Y (1983)
Silver-ground Carpet (1983)
Single-dotted Wave (1983)
Six-striped Rustic (1983)
Slender Brindle (2008)
Small Argent and Sable (1996)
Small Clouded Brindle (1983)
Small Dotted Buff (1983)
Small Dusty Wave (2009)
Small Emerald (1987)
Small Fan-foot (1983)
Small Fan-footed Wave (1985)
Small Phoenix (1983)
Small Quaker (1983)
Small Rivulet (1983)
Small Scallop (2008)
Small Seraphim (1983)
Small Square-spot (1983)
Small Waved Umber (2010)
Small Yellow Wave (2008)
Smoky Wainscot (1983)
Snout (The) (1983)
Spectacle (The) (1983)
Square-spot Rustic (1983)
Straw Dot (1983)
Straw Underwing (1983)
Swallow Prominient (1983)
Swallow-tailed Moth (1983)
Tawny Pinion (2009)
Tawny Speckled Pug (1986)
Tawny-barred Angle (1987)
Treble Brown Spot (1984)
Treble Lines (2008)
Turnip Moth (2007)

Twin-spot Carpet (1983)
Twin-spotted Quaker (2009)
Twin-spotted Wainscot (2010)
Uncertain (2008)
V-pug (The) (2010)
Vapourer (The) (2006)
Vine's Rustic (1983)
Waved Black (Scarce B) (2008)
White Ermine (1983)
Willow Beauty (1983)
Yellow Shell (1984)
Yellow-barred Brindle (1983)
Yellow-line Quaker (1983)
Yellow-tail (1985)

Micro Moths
Acleris emargana (Micro - 2009)
Acleris forsskaleana (Micro - 2008)
Aethes cnicana (Micro - 2009)
Aethes rubigana (Micro - 2009)
Agapeta hamana (Micro - 2008)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (Micro - 2010)
Agriphila straminella (Micro - 2010)
Agriphila tristella (Micro - 2010)
Aleimma loeflingiana (Micro - 2008)
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Micro - 2010)
Ancylis achatana (Micro - 2009)

Anthophila fabriciana (Micro - 2008)
Apotomis betuletana (Micro - 2008)
Apotomis turbidana (Micro - 2010)
Argyresthia albistria (Micro - 2009)
Argyresthia curvella (Micro - 2010)
Argyresthia goedartella
(Micro - 2008)
Argyresthia spinosella (Micro - 2010)
Ash Bud Moth
(Micro - 2009)
Aspilapteryx tringipennella (Micro - 2008)
Barred Fruit Tree Tortrix (Micro - 2008)
Beautiful China-mark
(Micro - 2007)
Bee Moth (Micro - 2008)
Bird Cherry Ermine (Micro - 2008)
Blastobasis audustella (Synonym: lignea) (Micro - 2009)
Blastobasis lacticolella (Synonym: decolorella) (Micro - 2010)
Brachmia blandella (Micro - 2010)
Bramble-shoot Moth (Epiblema uddmanniana)
 (Micro - 2008)
Brown China-mark (Micro - 2008)
Brown House-moth (Micro - 2000)
Brown Oak Tortrix (Micro - 2010)
Calamotropha paludella
(Micro - 2010)
Caloptilia stigmatella (Micro - 2009)
Carcina quercana (Micro - 2008)
Catoptria falsella 
(Micro - 2009)
Catoptria pinella (Micro - 2009)
Celypha lacunana (Micro - 2009)
Celypha striana (Micro - 2010)
Chequered Fruit Tree Tortrix
(Micro - 2008)
Cherry-bark Moth (Micro - 2009)
Cherry Fruit Moth (Micro - 2009)
Chilo phragmitella (Micro - 2009)

Chrysoteuchia culmella (Micro - 2009)
Clepsis consimilana (Micro - 2010)
Codling Moth
(Micro - 2009)
Conobathra repandana (Micro - 2008)
Crambus lathoniellus (Micro - 2010)
Crambus pascuella (Micro - 2010)
Crambus perlella
(Micro - 2010)
Cyclamen Tortrix (Micro - 2008)
Cydia splendana (Micro - 2010)
Dark Fruit Tree Tortrix
(Micro - 2008)
Diamond-back Moth (Micro - 2009)
Endotricha flammealis (Micro - 2008)
Epagoge grotiana (Micro - 2009)
Epiblema cynosbatella (Micro - 2008)
Epinotia bilunana (Micro - 2008)
Epinotia demarniana (Micro - 2008)
Epinotia nisella (Micro - 2010)
Esperia sulphurella
(Micro - 2010)
Eucosma cana
(Micro - 2008)
Eudonia mercurella (Micro - 2009)
Eudonia pallida (Micro - 2009)
European Corn-borer
(Micro - 2009)
Euzophera pinguis (Micro - 2009)
Evergestis pallidata (Micro - 2009)
Garden Pebble (Micro - 2009)
Garden Rose Tortrix (Micro - 2009)
Gold Triangle
(Micro - 2009)

Green Oak Tortrix (Micro - 1984)
Grey Tortrix (Micro - 2008)
Gypsonoma dealbana (Micro - 2008)
Gypsonoma sociana (Micro - 2010)
Hedya salcella (Micro - 2008)

Honeysuckle Moth (Micro - 2010)
Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner (Micro - 2010)
Large Fruit Tree Tortrix
(Micro - 2008)
Lathronympha strigana (Micro - 2010)
Light Brown Apple Moth (Micro - 2008)
Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Micro - 2008)
Monopis obviella (Micro - 2010)
Monopis weaverella
(Micro - 2009)
Morophaga choragella (Micro - 2010)
Mother of Pearl 
(Micro - 1984)
Nematopogon swammerdamella (Micro - 2010)
Nemophora degeerella (Micro - 2010)
Nut Bud Moth (Micro - 2010)
Oak Tree Tortrix
(Micro - 2008)
Pammene aurita (Micro - 2009)
Pammene regiana (Micro - 2010)
Paraswammerdamia lutarea (Micro - 2010)
Phalonidia manniana (Micro - 2010)
Phlyctaenia coronata
(Micro - 2008)
Phyrausta aurata (Micro - 2010)
Phtheochroa rugosana
(Micro - 2008)
Phycit
a roborella (Micro - 2010)
Phycitodes binaevella (Micro - 2010)
Phyllocnistis saligna
(Micro - 2008)
Phyllonorycter tristrigella (Micro - 2010)
Plum Tortrix (Micro - 2009)

Plume type (Mirco - 1999)
Red Barred Tortrix (Micro - 2008)
Rhomboid Tortrix (Micro - 2009)

Ringed China-mark (Micro - 2008)
Scoparia ambigualis (Micro - 2009)
Skin Moth Monopis laevigella (Micro - 2010)
Small China-mark
(Micro - 2009)

Small Magpie (Micro - 1984)
Stathmopoda pedella (Micro - 2009)
Timothy Tortrix (Micro - 2009)
Tinea semifulvella (Micro - 2009)

Tinea trinotella (Micro - 2010)
Tortricodes alternella
(Micro - 2009)
Trachycera advenella (Micro - 2010)
Udea olivalis
 (Micro - 2008)
Udea prunalis (Micro - 2010)
Variegated Golden Tortrix
 (Micro - 2009)
Water Veneer (Micro - 2008)
Wax Moth (Micro - 2009)

Ypsolopha parenthesella (Micro - 2010)
Ypsolopha scabrella
(Micro - 2009)
Ypsolopha sequella (Micro - 2010)
Zeiraphera isertana (Micro - 2010)

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