Specie's Page                                                               Macro Moths 70.075 to 70.093

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 30mm to 34mm.

Flight Period: May into July.

Habitat: They inhabit area's with Alder tree's which can include gardens, parks, wood land, hedgerows etc.

Comment: This moth is a local, but well distributed through most of the UK. Adults are variable, there is a melanic form.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 28mm to 36mm.

Flight Period: May to July, and again in September and October.

Habitat:  Found in coniferous and mixed woods, and other places with coniferous tree's.

Comment: This moth is a common, and well distributed the UK. It is extremely variable through out its range.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 27mm to 31mm.

Flight Period: May and June.

Habitat: Found in wooded area's which include, parks, gardens, hedgerows, commons, road side verges, and where there food plants grow.

Comment:  This moth is a fairly common, and well spread over the UK, but is unreported from the northern isles.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 28mm to 30mm.

Flight Period: May to July, and again in August and September.

Habitat:  These moths occur on mosses, heaths, woodland, commons and sand dunes.

Comment: This moth is common and well distributed.  over the UK, including Orkney and the Hebrides.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 25mm to 30mm.

Flight Period: May

Habitat: Found in bushy places where the Dog Rose grows, including wood land, hedgerows, disused railway lines, road side verges, heaths, commons etc.

Comment: This moth is fairly common. It is also widely distributed in the UK, though they tend to be localised.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 37mm to 42mm.

Flight Period: June into August.

Habitat: Found in parks, gardens, allotments and other open places where Gooseberry, Black and Red Currant are found.

Comment: This moth is well spread throughout most of the UK. It is localised and rarely common.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 30mm to 36mm.

Flight Period: May to July, and again in September to October.

Habitat: Found in Spruce and Fir plantations, and also in gardens with Spruce and Fir.

Comment: This moth is a local in England and Wales Less common and even more local in Scotland & Ireland.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 33mm to 38mm.

Flight Period: June until August.

Habitat: found on down land, road side verges, commons, gardens, hedgerows, and other places where bedstraws grow.

Comment: This moth is fairly common, and are well spread England, Wales, Ireland and south Scotland. In other parts of Scotland it is quite scarce.