List of moths of Great Britain (Noctuidae)

The family Noctuidae is the largest family of macro-moths in Great Britain, where over 400 species occur:

Subfamily Noctuinae

 * Euxoa obelisca grisea, square-spot dart — south, west & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Euxoa tritici, white-line dart — throughout ‡*
 * Euxoa nigricans, garden dart — throughout ‡*
 * Euxoa cursoria, coast dart — east, west-central & north (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Agrotis graslini, Woods's dart — recently (2001) discovered on Jersey
 * Agrotis cinerea, light feathered rustic — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Agrotis vestigialis, Archer's dart — throughout (localized)
 * [ Agrotis spinifera, Gregson's dart — one specimen supposedly from Isle of Man ]
 * Agrotis segetum, turnip moth — throughout
 * Agrotis clavis, heart and club — throughout
 * Agrotis exclamationis, heart and dart — throughout
 * Agrotis trux lunigera, crescent dart — south-west & west-central (localized)
 * Agrotis ipsilon, dark sword-grass — immigrant
 * Agrotis herzogi, Spalding's dart — rare immigrant
 * Agrotis puta, shuttle-shaped dart
 * Agrotis puta puta — south & central
 * Agrotis puta insula — Isles of Scilly


 * Agrotis ripae, sand dart — south, central & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Agrotis crassa, great dart — immigrant (formerly resident)
 * Agrotis deprivata — ?recent rare immigrant
 * [ Feltia subgothica, Gothic dart — one dubious record of this North American species ]
 * [ Feltia subterranea, tawny shoulder — likely imported or misidentified ]
 * Axylia putris, flame — throughout
 * Actebia praecox, Portland moth — immigrant (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Actebia fennica, Eversmann's rustic — rare immigrant
 * Ochropleura flammatra, black collar — rare immigrant
 * Ochropleura plecta, flame shoulder — throughout
 * Ochropleura leucogaster, Radford's flame shoulder — immigrant
 * Standfussiana lucernea, northern rustic — south, west-central & north (localized)
 * Rhyacia simulans, dotted rustic — throughout
 * Rhyacia lucipeta, southern rustic — probable rare immigrant (one record)
 * Noctua pronuba, large yellow underwing — throughout
 * Noctua orbona, lunar yellow underwing — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Noctua comes, lesser yellow underwing — throughout
 * Noctua fimbriata, broad-bordered yellow underwing — throughout
 * Noctua janthina, Langmaid's yellow underwing — probable rare immigrant or resident
 * Noctua janthe, lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing — throughout
 * Noctua interjecta caliginosa, least yellow underwing — south & central
 * Spaelotis ravida, stout dart — south & east-central (localized)
 * Graphiphora augur, double dart — throughout ‡*
 * Eugraphe subrosea, rosy marsh moth — west-central (Red Data Book)
 * Protolampra sobrina, cousin German — north (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Eugnorisma glareosa, autumnal rustic — throughout ‡*
 * Eugnorisma depuncta, plain clay — north, west-central & south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Lycophotia porphyrea, true lover's knot — throughout
 * Peridroma saucia, pearly underwing — immigrant & possible transitory resident
 * Diarsia mendica, ingrailed clay
 * Diarsia mendica mendica — throughout
 * Diarsia mendica orkneyensis — Orkney
 * Diarsia mendica thulei — Shetland


 * Diarsia dahlii, barred chestnut — north, west-central & south-east (localized)
 * Diarsia brunnea, purple clay — throughout
 * Diarsia rubi, small square-spot — throughout ‡*
 * Diarsia florida, fen square-spot — east-central, west-central & north (localized)
 * Xestia alpicola alpina, northern dart — north (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Xestia c-nigrum, setaceous Hebrew character — throughout
 * Xestia ditrapezium, triple-spotted clay — throughout (localized)
 * Xestia triangulum, double square-spot —throughout
 * Xestia ashworthii, Ashworth's rustic — west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Xestia baja, dotted clay — throughout
 * Xestia rhomboidea, square-spotted clay — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Xestia castanea, neglected rustic — throughout (localized) ‡*
 * Xestia sexstrigata, six-striped rustic — throughout
 * Xestia xanthographa, square-spot rustic — throughout
 * Xestia agathina, heath rustic ‡*
 * Xestia agathina agathina — throughout (localized)
 * Xestia agathina hebridicola — Hebrides


 * Naenia typica, Gothic — throughout (localized)
 * Eurois occulta, great brocade — immigrant (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Anaplectoides prasina, green arches — throughout
 * Cerastis rubricosa, red chestnut — throughout
 * Cerastis leucographa, white-marked — south & central (localized)
 * Mesogona acetosellae, pale stigma — rare immigrant

Subfamily Hadeninae

 * Anarta myrtilli, beautiful yellow underwing — throughout
 * Anarta cordigera, small dark yellow underwing — north-east (Nationally Scarce A) ‡
 * Anarta melanopa, broad-bordered white underwing — north (Red Data Book)
 * Discestra trifolii, nutmeg — throughout
 * [ Lacinipolia renigera, kidney-spotted minor — dubious old record ]
 * Lacinipolia laudabilis — ?recent rare immigrant
 * Hada plebeja, shears — throughout
 * Polia bombycina, pale shining brown — south (proposed Red Data Book)
 * Polia trimaculosa, silvery arches — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Polia nebulosa, grey arches — throughout
 * Pachetra sagittigera britannica, feathered ear — south (presumed extinct)
 * Sideridis albicolon, white colon — south, central & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Heliophobus reticulata marginosa, bordered Gothic — south & east-central (proposed Red Data Book)
 * Mamestra brassicae, cabbage moth — throughout
 * Melanchra persicariae, dot moth — south, central & north ‡*
 * Melanchra pisi, broom moth — throughout ‡*
 * Lacanobia contigua, beautiful brocade — throughout (localized)
 * Lacanobia w-latinum, light brocade — throughout (localized)
 * Lacanobia thalassina, pale-shouldered brocade — throughout
 * Lacanobia suasa, dog's tooth — south & central (localized)
 * Lacanobia oleracea, bright-line brown-eye — throughout
 * Lacanobia blenna, stranger — rare immigrant & temporary resident
 * Papestra biren, glaucous shears — south-west, west-central & north (localized)
 * Hecatera bicolorata, broad-barred white — throughout
 * Hecatera dysodea, small ranunculus — south-east & south Wales
 * Hadena rivularis, campion — throughout
 * Hadena perplexa
 * Hadena perplexa perplexa, tawny shears — south & central
 * Hadena perplexa capsophila, pod lover — south-west, west-central, north-west & Isle of Man (localized)


 * Hadena irregularis, viper's bugloss — presumed extinct
 * Hadena luteago barrettii, Barrett's marbled coronet — south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Hadena compta, varied coronet — south-east, south & east-central
 * Hadena confusa, marbled coronet — throughout (localized)
 * Hadena albimacula, white spot — south (Red Data Book)
 * Hadena bicruris, lychnis — throughout
 * Hadena caesia mananii, grey — north-west & Isle of Man (Red Data Book)
 * Eriopygodes imbecilla, Silurian — south-west (Red Data Book)
 * Cerapteryx graminis, antler — throughout
 * Tholera cespitis, hedge rustic — throughout ‡*
 * Tholera decimalis, feathered Gothic — throughout ‡*
 * Panolis flammea, pine beauty — throughout
 * [ Xanthopastis timais, Spanish moth — dubious specimen ]
 * [ Brithys crini pancratii, Kew arches — probable import ]
 * Egira conspicillaris, silver cloud — south-west (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Orthosia cruda, small Quaker — throughout
 * Orthosia miniosa, blossom underwing — south & west-central (localized) & occasional immigrant
 * Orthosia opima, northern drab — throughout (localized)
 * Orthosia populeti, lead-coloured drab — throughout (localized)
 * Orthosia gracilis, powdered Quaker — throughout ‡*
 * Orthosia cerasi, common Quaker — throughout
 * Orthosia incerta, clouded drab — throughout
 * Orthosia munda, twin-spotted Quaker — south, central & north
 * Orthosia gothica, Hebrew character — throughout
 * Mythimna turca, double line — south-west & south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Mythimna conigera, brown-line bright eye — throughout
 * Mythimna ferrago, clay — throughout
 * Mythimna albipuncta, white-point — immigrant & recent colonist (south & south-east coasts)
 * Mythimna vitellina, delicate — immigrant
 * Mythimna pudorina, striped wainscot — south & central (localized)
 * Mythimna straminea, southern wainscot — south & central (localized)
 * Mythimna impura, smoky wainscot — throughout
 * Mythimna pallens, common wainscot — throughout
 * Mythimna favicolor, Mathew's wainscot — south & south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Mythimna litoralis, shore wainscot — south, central & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Mythimna l-album, l-album wainscot — immigrant to south (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Mythimna unipuncta, white-speck — immigrant & possible transitory resident
 * Mythimna obsoleta, obscure wainscot — south, east-central & west-central (localized)
 * Mythimna comma, shoulder-striped wainscot — throughout ‡*
 * Mythimna putrescens, Devonshire wainscot — south-west (Nationally Scarce A)
 * [ Mythimna commoides — probable import or hoax ]
 * Mythimna loreyi, cosmopolitan — immigrant
 * Mythimna flammea, flame wainscot — south-east & south (Nationally Scarce A)
 * [ Graphania dives, Maori — probable import ]

Subfamily Cuculliinae

 * Cucullia absinthii, wormwood — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
 * [ Cucullia argentea, green silver-spangled shark — two specimens of dubious origin ]
 * Cucullia artemisiae, scarce wormwood — rare immigrant
 * Cucullia chamomillae, chamomile shark — south, central & north (localized)
 * [ Cucullia lactucae, lettuce shark — several dubious records ]
 * Cucullia umbratica, shark — throughout
 * Cucullia asteris, star-wort — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Cucullia gnaphalii occidentalis, cudweed — presumed extinct
 * Shargacucullia lychnitis, striped lychnis — south (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Shargacucullia scrophulariae, water betony — rare immigrant
 * Shargacucullia verbasci, mullein — south & central
 * [ Shargacucullia prenanthis, false water betony — inclusion on British list presumed in error ]
 * [ Shargacucullia caninae — single record of caterpillars ]
 * Calophasia lunula, toadflax brocade — south-east (Red Data Book)
 * Calophasia platyptera, antirrhinum brocade — probable rare immigrant
 * Brachylomia viminalis, minor shoulder-knot — throughout ‡*
 * Leucochlaena oditis, beautiful Gothic — south (Red Data Book)
 * Brachionycha sphinx, sprawler — south & central ‡*
 * Brachionycha nubeculosa, Rannoch sprawler — north (Red Data Book)
 * Dasypolia templi, brindled ochre — north, central & south-west (localized) ‡*
 * Aporophyla australis pascuea, feathered brindle — south (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Aporophyla lutulenta, deep-brown dart — south & central ‡*
 * Aporophyla lueneburgensis, northern deep-brown dart — north & west-central
 * Aporophyla nigra, black rustic — north, south, west-central & east-central
 * Lithomoia solidaginis, golden-rod brindle — north & west-central (localized)
 * [ Scotochrosta pulla, ash shoulder-knot — probable fraud ]
 * [ Copipanolis styracis, fawn sallow — probable import ]
 * Lithophane semibrunnea, tawny pinion — south (localized)
 * Lithophane hepatica, pale pinion — south & central (localized)
 * Lithophane ornitopus lactipennis, grey shoulder-knot — south & west-central
 * Lithophane furcifera, conformist
 * Lithophane furcifera furcifera — immigrant
 * Lithophane furcifera suffusa — presumed extinct


 * Lithophane consocia — probable rare immigrant
 * Lithophane lamda, nonconformist — immigrant
 * Lithophane leautieri hesperica, Blair's shoulder-knot — south & central
 * Xylena vetusta, red sword-grass — north, west & south (localized)
 * Xylena exsoleta, sword-grass — north & central (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Xylocampa areola, early grey — throughout
 * Meganephria bimaculosa, double-spot brocade — possible immigrant (otherwise import)
 * Allophyes oxyacanthae, green-brindled crescent — throughout ‡*
 * [ Valeria oleagina, green-brindled dot — dubious record ]
 * Dryobota labecula, oak rustic — probably rare immigrant
 * Dichonia aprilina, merveille du jour — throughout
 * Dryobotodes eremita, brindled green — throughout
 * Blepharita satura, beautiful arches — presumed extinct
 * Blepharita adusta, dark brocade — throughout ‡*
 * Blepharita solieri, bedrule brocade — rare immigrant
 * Antitype chi, grey chi — north, central & south
 * Trigonophora flammea, flame brocade — immigrant & transitory resident
 * Polymixis flavicincta, large ranunculus — south & east-central (localized)
 * Polymixis gemmea, cameo probable rare immigrant
 * Polymixis xanthomista statices, black-banded — south-west (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Polymixis lichenea, feathered ranunculus
 * Polymixis lichenea lichenea — south & central (localized)
 * Polymixis lichenea scillonea — Isles of Scilly

Subfamily Acronictinae

 * Eupsilia transversa, satellite — throughout
 * Jodia croceago, orange upperwing — formerly south (Red Data Book); now rare immigrant
 * Conistra vaccinii, chestnut — throughout
 * Conistra ligula, dark chestnut — south, central & north
 * Conistra rubiginea, dotted chestnut — south-west & south (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Conistra erythrocephala, red-headed chestnut — rare immigrant & transitory resident
 * Agrochola circellaris, brick — throughout
 * Agrochola lota, red-line Quaker — throughout
 * Agrochola macilenta, yellow-line Quaker — throughout
 * Agrochola haematidea, southern chestnut — south & south-east (Red Data Book)
 * Agrochola helvola, flounced chestnut — throughout ‡*
 * Agrochola litura, brown-spot pinion — throughout ‡*
 * Agrochola lychnidis, beaded chestnut — south, central & north ‡*
 * Atethmia centrago, centre-barred sallow — throughout ‡*
 * Omphaloscelis lunosa, lunar underwing — throughout
 * Xanthia citrago, orange sallow — throughout
 * Xanthia aurago, barred sallow — south, central & north
 * Xanthia togata, pink-barred sallow — throughout
 * Xanthia icteritia, sallow — throughout ‡*
 * Xanthia gilvago, dusky-lemon sallow — south, central & north (localized) ‡*
 * Xanthia ocellaris, pale-lemon sallow — south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Moma alpium, scarce merveille du jour — south (Red Data Book)
 * Acronicta megacephala, poplar grey — throughout
 * Acronicta aceris, sycamore — south & east-central (localized)
 * Acronicta leporina, miller — throughout
 * Acronicta alni, alder moth — south & central (localized)
 * [ Acronicta cuspis, large dagger — unconfirmed record ]
 * Acronicta tridens, dark dagger — south, central & north
 * Acronicta psi, grey dagger — throughout ‡*
 * Acronicta strigosa, marsh dagger — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
 * Acronicta menyanthidis, light knot grass
 * Acronicta menyanthidis menyanthidis — north, west & east-central (localized)
 * Acronicta menyanthidis scotica — north (localized)


 * Acronicta auricoma, scarce dagger — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
 * Acronicta euphorbiae myricae, sweet gale moth — north (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Acronicta rumicis, knot grass — throughout ‡*
 * Simyra albovenosa, reed dagger — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Craniophora ligustri, coronet — throughout (localized)

Subfamily Bryophilinae

 * Cryphia algae, tree-lichen beauty — immigrant
 * Cryphia domestica, marbled beauty — throughout
 * Cryphia raptricula, marbled grey — immigrant
 * Cryphia muralis, marbled green — south (localized)

Subfamily Amphipyrinae

 * Amphipyra pyramidea, copper underwing — south, central & north
 * Amphipyra berbera svenssoni, Svensson's copper underwing — south & central
 * Amphipyra tragopoginis, mouse moth — throughout ‡*
 * Mormo maura, old lady — throughout (localized)
 * Dypterygia scabriuscula, bird's wing — south-east & west-central (localized)
 * Rusina ferruginea, brown rustic — throughout
 * Thalpophila matura, straw underwing — south, central & north
 * Trachea atriplicis, orache moth — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
 * Euplexia lucipara, small angle shades — throughout
 * Phlogophora meticulosa, angle shades — throughout
 * Actinotia polyodon, purple cloud — immigrant
 * Actinotia hyperici, pale-shouldered cloud — rare immigrant
 * Pseudenargia ulicis, Berber — probable rare immigrant (one record)
 * Callopistria juventina, Latin — rare immigrant
 * [ Callopistria latreillei — one recorded caterpillar of uncertain origin ]
 * [ Eucarta amethystina, Cumberland gem — unconfirmed record ]
 * Ipimorpha retusa, double kidney — south & central (localized)
 * Ipimorpha subtusa, olive — south, central & north (localized)
 * Enargia paleacea, angle-striped sallow — probable immigrant to central & north (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Parastichtis suspecta, suspected — throughout
 * Parastichtis ypsillon, dingy shears — south, central & north (localized)
 * Dicycla oo, heart moth — south (Red Data Book)
 * Cosmia affinis, lesser-spotted pinion — south & central (localized)
 * Cosmia diffinis, white-spotted pinion — south & central (proposed Red Data Book)
 * Cosmia trapezina, dun-bar — throughout
 * Cosmia pyralina, lunar-spotted pinion — south & central (localized)
 * Hyppa rectilinea, Saxon — north (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Apamea monoglypha, dark arches — throughout
 * Apamea lithoxylaea, light arches — throughout
 * Apamea sublustris, reddish light arches — south & central (localized)
 * Apamea zeta
 * Apamea zeta assimilis, northern arches — north (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Apamea zeta marmorata, exile — Shetland


 * Apamea oblonga, crescent striped — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Apamea crenata, clouded-bordered brindle — throughout
 * Apamea epomidion, clouded brindle — south, central & north
 * Apamea lateritia, scarce brindle — immigrant
 * Apamea furva britannica, confused — north, west & south (localized)
 * Apamea remissa, dusky brocade — throughout ‡*
 * Apamea unanimis, small clouded brindle — south, central & north
 * Apamea anceps, large nutmeg — south & central (localized) ‡*
 * Apamea sordens, rustic shoulder-knot — throughout
 * Apamea scolopacina, slender brindle — south & central
 * Apamea ophiogramma, double lobed — throughout
 * Eremobina pabulatricula, union rustic — extinct
 * Oligia strigilis, marbled minor — throughout
 * Oligia versicolor, rufous minor — south, central & north (localized)
 * Oligia latruncula, tawny marbled minor — south, central & north
 * Oligia fasciuncula, middle-barred minor — throughout
 * Mesoligia furuncula, cloaked minor — throughout
 * Mesoligia literosa, rosy minor — throughout ‡*
 * Mesapamea secalis, common rustic — throughout
 * Mesapamea didyma, lesser common rustic — throughout
 * Mesapamea remmi, Remm's rustic — south & central (?north) — status as a valid species uncertain
 * Photedes captiuncula expolita, least minor — central (Red Data Book)
 * Photedes minima, small dotted buff — throughout
 * Chortodes morrisii
 * Chortodes morrisii morrisii, Morris's wainscot — south-west (Red Data Book)
 * Chortodes morrisii bondii, Bond's wainscot — south-east (Red Data Book; probably extinct)


 * Chortodes extrema, concolorous — south-east & east-central (Red Data Book) ‡
 * Chortodes elymi, lyme grass — east (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Chortodes fluxa, mere wainscot — east-central & south (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Chortodes pygmina, small wainscot — throughout
 * Chortodes brevilinea, Fenn's wainscot — east (Red Data Book) ‡
 * Eremobia ochroleuca, dusky sallow — south & east-central
 * Luperina testacea, flounced rustic — throughout
 * Luperina nickerlii, sandhill rustic ‡
 * Luperina nickerlii demuthi — south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Luperina nickerlii leechi — south-west (Red Data Book)
 * Luperina nickerlii gueneei — west-central (Red Data Book)


 * Luperina dumerilii, Dumeril's rustic — immigrant
 * Luperina zollikoferi, scarce arches — immigrant
 * Amphipoea lucens, large ear — south-west, west-central & north (localized)
 * Amphipoea fucosa paludis, saltern ear — south, central & north-west (localized)
 * Amphipoea crinanensis, crinan ear — west, central & north (localized)
 * Amphipoea oculea, ear moth — throughout ‡*
 * Hydraecia micacea, rosy rustic — throughout ‡*
 * Hydraecia petasitis, butterbur — south, central & north (localized)
 * Hydraecia osseola hucherardi, marsh mallow moth — south-east (Red Data Book)
 * Gortyna flavago, frosted orange — throughout
 * Gortyna borelii lunata, Fisher's estuarine moth — south-east (Red Data Book)
 * Celaena haworthii, Haworth's minor — central, north & south (localized) †*
 * Celaena leucostigma, crescent ‡*
 * Celaena leucostigma leucostigma — throughout (localized)
 * Celaena leucostigma scotica — north (localized)


 * Nonagria typhae, bulrush wainscot — throughout
 * Archanara geminipuncta, twin-spotted wainscot — south & east-central (localized)
 * Archanara dissoluta, brown-veined wainscot — south & central (localized)
 * Archanara neurica, white-mantled wainscot — south-east (Red Data Book) ‡
 * Archanara sparganii, Webb's wainscot — south, south-east & south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Archanara algae, rush wainscot — south-east & east-central (Red Data Book)
 * Rhizedra lutosa, large wainscot — throughout ‡*
 * Sedina buettneri, Blair's wainscot — south (Red Data Book)
 * Arenostola phragmitidis, fen wainscot — south, east-central & west-central (localized)
 * Oria musculosa, Brighton wainscot — south (proposed Red Data Book)
 * Coenobia rufa, small rufous — south, central & north (localized)
 * Charanyca trigrammica, treble lines — south & central
 * Hoplodrina alsines, uncertain — throughout
 * Hoplodrina blanda, rustic — throughout ‡*
 * Hoplodrina superstes, powdered rustic — rare immigrant
 * Hoplodrina ambigua, Vine's rustic — south & central
 * Spodoptera exigua, small mottled willow — immigrant
 * Spodoptera littoralis, Mediterranean brocade — probable rare immigrant & import
 * [ Spodoptera litura, Asian cotton leafworm — probable import ]
 * [ Spodoptera eridania, southern armworm — probable import ]
 * Spodoptera cilium, dark mottled willow — rare immigrant
 * Caradrina morpheus, mottled rustic — throughout ‡*
 * Platyperigea kadenii, Clancy's rustic — rare immigrant
 * Paradrina flavirena, Lorimer's rustic — probable rare immigrant
 * Paradrina clavipalpis, pale mottled willow — throughout
 * Perigea capensis, African — probable rare immigrant
 * Chilodes maritimus, silky wainscot — south & central (localized)
 * Athetis pallustris, marsh moth — east-central (Red Data Book)
 * Proxenus hospes, Porter's rustic — rare immigrant
 * Acosmetia caliginosa, reddish buff — south (Red Data Book)
 * Stilbia anomala, anomalous — south, south-west, west & north (localized) ‡*
 * Elaphria venustula, rosy marbled — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)

Subfamily Stiriinae

 * Synthymia fixa, goldwing — rare immigrant
 * Panemeria tenebrata, small yellow underwing — south & central (localized)

Subfamily Heliothinae

 * Periphanes delphinii, pease blossom — possible immigrant & import
 * Pyrrhia umbra, bordered sallow — south, central & north-east (localized)
 * Helicoverpa armigera, scarce bordered straw — immigrant
 * Heliothis viriplaca, marbled clover — probable immigrant to south & east-central (Red Data Book)
 * Heliothis maritima, shoulder-striped clover ‡
 * Heliothis maritima warneckei — south (Red Data Book)
 * Heliothis maritima bulgarica — rare immigrant


 * Heliothis peltigera, bordered straw — immigrant
 * Heliothis nubigera, eastern bordered straw — rare immigrant
 * Schinia scutosa, spotted clover — immigrant

Subfamily Eustrotiinae

 * Eublemma ostrina, purple marbled — immigrant
 * Eublemma parva, small marbled — immigrant
 * Eublemma minutata, scarce marbled — probable rare immigrant
 * Protodeltote pygarga, marbled white spot — south & central
 * Deltote deceptoria, pretty marbled — immigrant & transitory resident
 * Deltote uncula, silver hook — south, central & north-west (localized)
 * Deltote bankiana, silver barred — probable immigrant to south-east (Red Data Book)

Subfamily Acontiinae

 * Emmelia trabealis, spotted sulphur — presumed extinct
 * Acontia lucida, pale shoulder — immigrant
 * [ Acontia aprica, nun — probable import ]
 * [ Acontia nitidula, Brixton beauty — one dubious record ]

Subfamily Eariadinae

 * Earias clorana, cream-bordered green pea — south & east-central (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Earias biplaga, spiny bollworm — rare immigrant or import
 * Earias insulana, Egyptian bollworm — probable rare immigrant & import
 * [ Earias vittella — imported by air on food produce ]

Subfamily Chloephorinae

 * Bena bicolorana, scarce silver-lines — south & central (localized)
 * Pseudoips prasinana britannica, green silver-lines — throughout
 * Nycteola revayana, oak nycteoline — throughout (localized)
 * Nycteola asiatica, eastern nycteoline — probable rare immigrant
 * Nycteola degenerana, sallow nycteoline — possible rare immigrant (otherwise import)
 * [ Pardasena virgulana, grey square — probable import (one record) ]



Subfamily Pantheinae

 * Colocasia coryli, nut-tree tussock — throughout
 * [ Charadra deridens, marbled tuffet — probable import ]
 * [ Raphia frater, brother — probable import ]

Subfamily Plusiinae

 * Chrysodeixis chalcites, golden twin-spot — immigrant & import
 * Chrysodeixis acuta, Tunbridge Wells gem — rare immigrant
 * Ctenoplusia limbirena, scar bank gem — immigrant
 * Ctenoplusia accentifera, accent gem — probable rare immigrant
 * Trichoplusia ni, ni moth — immigrant
 * Trichoplusia vittata, streaked plusia — probable rare immigrant
 * Thysanoplusia orichalcea, slender burnished brass — immigrant & import
 * Diachrysia chrysitis, burnished brass — throughout
 * Diachrysia chryson, scarce burnished brass — south & west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
 * [ Pseudoplusia includens, soybean looper — probable import ]
 * Macdunnoughia confusa, Dewick's plusia — immigrant
 * Polychrysia moneta, golden plusia — south, central & north
 * [ Euchalcia variabilis, purple-shaded gem — probable import ]
 * Plusia festucae, gold spot — throughout
 * Plusia putnami gracilis, Lempke's gold spot — central, north & south (localized)
 * Autographa gamma, silver Y — immigrant throughout
 * Autographa pulchrina, beautiful golden Y — throughout
 * Autographa jota, plain golden Y — throughout
 * Autographa bractea, gold spangle — west, north & south
 * Megalographa biloba, Stephens' gem — probable rare immigrant
 * [ Megalographa bimaculata, double-spotted spangle — single specimen of uncertain origin ]
 * Syngrapha interrogationis, scarce silver Y — central & north (localized)
 * Cornutiplusia circumflexa, Essex Y — probable rare immigrant
 * Abrostola triplasia, dark spectacle — throughout
 * Abrostola tripartita, spectacle — throughout

Subfamily Catocalinae

 * Catocala fraxini, Clifden nonpareil — immigrant & transitory resident
 * Catocala nupta, red underwing — south & central
 * Catocala electa, rosy underwing — rare immigrant
 * Catocala promissa, light crimson underwing — south (Red Data Book)
 * Catocala sponsa, dark crimson underwing — south (Red Data Book)
 * Catocala nymphagoga, oak yellow underwing — probable rare immigrant
 * Minucia lunaris, lunar double-stripe — immigrant & transitory resident
 * Clytie illunaris, Trent double-stripe — possible rare immigrant (otherwise import)
 * [ Caenurgina crassiuscula, double-barred — probable import ]
 * [ Mocis trifasciata, triple-barred — one specimen of dubious origin ]
 * Dysgonia algira, passenger — immigrant
 * Prodotis stolida, geometrician — rare immigrant
 * Callistege mi, Mother Shipton — south, central & north
 * Euclidia glyphica, burnet companion — south & central

Subfamily Ophiderinae

 * Catephria alchymista, alchymist — immigrant
 * Tyta luctuosa, four-spotted — south, central & east (Nationally Scarce A)
 * [ Diphthera festiva — probable import ]
 * Lygephila pastinum, blackneck — south & central (localized)
 * Lygephila craccae, scarce blackneck — south-west (Red Data Book)
 * Tathorhynchus exsiccata, Levant blackneck — rare immigrant
 * [ Synedoida grandirena, great kidney — probable import ]
 * Scoliopteryx libatrix, herald — throughout
 * Phytometra viridaria, small purple-barred — throughout (localized)
 * Anomis sabulifera, angled gem — possible rare immigrant (otherwise import)



Subfamily Rivulinae

 * Colobochyla salicalis, lesser belle — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
 * Laspeyria flexula, beautiful hook-tip — south & west-central (localized)
 * Rivula sericealis, straw dot — throughout
 * Parascotia fuliginaria, waved black — probable immigrant
 * [ Orodesma apicina — probable import ]

Subfamily Hypeninae

 * Hypena crassalis, beautiful snout — south & west-central (localized)
 * Hypena proboscidalis, snout — throughout
 * Hypena obsitalis, Bloxworth snout — south-west (Red Data Book)
 * Hypena obesalis, Paignton snout — rare immigrant
 * Hypena rostralis, buttoned snout — south (Nationally Scarce B)
 * [ Plathypena scabra, black snout — probable import ]

Subfamily Strepsimananiae

 * Schrankia taenialis, white-line snout — south (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Schrankia intermedialis, autumnal snout — south-east — probable hybrid
 * Schrankia costaestrigalis, pinion-streaked snout — south, central & north-west (localized)
 * Hypenodes humidalis, marsh oblique-barred — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
 * [ Idia aemula, waved tabby — two specimens of unknown origin ]
 * [ Idia lubricalis, twin-striped tabby — two specimens of unknown origin ]

Subfamily Herminiinae

 * Pechipogo strigilata, common fan-foot — south (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Pechipogo plumigeralis, plumed fan-foot — rare immigrant
 * Zanclognatha tarsipennalis, fan-foot — throughout
 * Zanclognatha lunalis, jubilee fan-foot — rare immigrant
 * Herminia tarsicrinalis, shaded fan-foot — south-east (Red Data Book)
 * Zanclognatha zelleralis, dusky fan-foot — possible very rare immigrant
 * Herminia grisealis, small fan-foot — throughout
 * Macrochilo cribrumalis, dotted fan-foot — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Paracolax tristalis, clay fan-foot — immigrant to south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
 * Trisateles emortualis, olive crescent — south-east (Red Data Book)

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).