A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Moths (Lepidoptera) Families M - Z

Micropterigidae (Micro-moths)
Micro Moth - (Micropterix tunbergella)
Woodland. Billacombe Down, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon. 06.05.06 (Public Location)

Noctuidae (Noctuid Moths)

Noctuidae: Acronictinae
Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi) - caterpillar
On Raspberry. Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 09.10.07 (Public Location)

Knot Grass Moth (Acronicta rumicis) - caterpillar     side-view
Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 13.09.05 (Public Location)

Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae
Underwing, Small Yellow (Panemeria tenebrata)
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 16.05.04 (Public Location)

Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) ?
Grassland. Blunts Lane, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.05 (Public Location)

Noctuidae: Catocalinae
Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica)     underside
Meadow. Crabtree Reclaim, Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 28.05.06 (Public Location)

Noctuidae: Cuculliinae
Mullein Moth (Cucullia verbasci) - caterpillar
Ocean Street Allotments, Keyham, Plymouth, Devon. 20.06.06 (Private Location)

Noctuidae: Hadeninae
Bright-line Brown (Lacanobia oleracea) ? - caterpillar
Lurley Manor, Tiverton, Devon. 07.09.05 (Private Location)

Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) - caterpillar on nettle
Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Private Location)

Shears, Tawny (Hadena perplexa) ?
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 14.07.06 (Private Location)

Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)
Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. 19.07.06 (Private Location)

The Lychnis (Hadena bicruris) ? - caterpillar
Feeding on Red Campion seeds. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
01.06.07 (Public Location)

Noctuidae: Heliothinae
Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera) ?
Wixenford Quarry Bottom, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon. 12.06.06 (Public Location)

Noctuidae: Noctuinae
Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
In grass. Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 04.06.06 (Private Location)

Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)
In grass. Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 04.06.06 (Private Location)

Knot, True Lover's (Lycophotia porphyrea)
Smallhanger Waste, Crownhill Down, nr. Sparkwell, Devon. 08.07.06 (Public Location)

Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
In grass. Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 05.09.06 (Private Location)

Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)
Stoke Beach, nr. Noss Mayo, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 26.09.06 (Public Location)

Underwing, Large Yellow (Noctua pronuba)     side-view     another moth
Pizwell, nr. Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. 02.07.06 (Public Footpath)

Noctuidae: Ophiderinae
Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)
Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 29.08.05 (Public Location)

Noctuidae: Plusiinae
Silver Y Moth (Autographa gamma)     side-view
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 10.08.04 (Public Location) SX 508 578

Notodontidae
Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) - caterpillars     caterpillars close-up
On oak. Recreation Ground, Longbridge, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.06 (Public Location)

Oecophoridae: Chimabachinae (Micro-moths)
Diurnea fagella
Wasteground, near Ski Centre, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 10.04.06 (Public Location)

Oecophoridae: Depressariinae (Micro-moths)
Parsnip Moth (Depressaria pastinacella) - caterpillar ?
On Hogweed. Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 04.07.06 (Public Location)

Pterophoridae: Pterophorinae (Plume Moths)
Common Plume / Brown Plume Moth (Emmelina monodactyla)
On sycamore. Beside Sewage Farm, Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 07.10.05 (Public Location)

Pyralidae: Crambinae (Crambid Moths)
Crambid Moth (Crambus pascuella) ?
Wixenford Quarry Bottom, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon. 12.06.06 (Public Location)

Veneer, Garden Grass (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
Felled clearing. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 04.07.06 (Public Location)

Pyralidae: Nymphulinae (Pyralid Moths)
China-mark, Brown - (Elophila nymphaeata)
Moorland mire. Smallhanger Waste, nr. Hemerdon, Plympton, Devon. 20.07.06 (Public Location)

Pyralidae: Pyraustinae (Pyralid Moths)
Magpie Moth, Small (Eurrhypara hortulata)
Pizwell, nr. Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. 02.07.06 (Public Footpath)

Veneer, Rush (Nomophila noctuella) -1
Recreation Ground, Longbridge, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.06 (Public Location)

Veneer, Rush (Nomophila noctuella) -2
Greenland Lake. Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, Dawlish Warren, Devon.
26.05.06 (Public Location)

Algedonia terrealis
Sylvia's Meadow, Cornwall Wildlife Trust Reserve, St. Anne's Chapel, nr. Gunnislake, Cornwall.
18.06.06 (Public Location)

Pyrausta despicata
Grassland. Blunts Lane, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.05 (Public Location)

Saturniidae (Silk Moths)
Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia) - caterpillar
Raybarrow Pool, nr. Throwleigh, North Dartmoor, Devon. 02.08.06 (Public Location)

Sphingidae: Macroglossinae (Hawk Moths)
Hawk Moth, Elephant (Deilephila elpenor)     caterpillar     head close-up
CBG Meeting. Edge of woodland. North Hill, Cornwall. 25.06.05 (Private Location)

Sphingidae: Sphinginae (Hawk Moths)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli - brown variant) - caterpillar     top-view     head
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 21.09.06 (Private Location)

Hawk Moth, Privet (Sphinx ligustri)     side-view
Bilberry, Bugle, St Austell, Cornwall. 08.07.06 (Private Location) Image by ©TM

Tortricidae: Tortricinae (Tortrix Moths)
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
Grassland. Nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05 (Public Location)

Strawberry Tortrix (Acleris comariana) ?
Kitley Bridge, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 04.10.05 (Public Location)

Yponomeutidae: Acrolepiinae
Leek Moth (Acrolepiopsis assectella) - caterpillar     mining     crop damage

Yponomeutidae: Yponomeutinae (Small Ermine Moths)
Ermine Moth (Yponomeuta sp. )
Braunton Burrows Biosphere Reserve, Braunton, Devon. 30.06.06 (Public Location)

Zygaenidae: Zygaeninae (Burnet Moths and Foresters)
Burnet Moth, Five-spotted (Zygaena trifolii)
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 12.07.04 (Public Location)

Burnet Moth, Six-spotted (Zygaena filipendulae)
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 10.07.04 (Public Location) SX 508 578

Burnet Moth (Zygaena sp.) - caterpillar
Jennycliff, Plymouth, Devon. 28.06.05 (Public Location)