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Lockerbie Wildlife Trust was established in September 1988

and was granted charitable status in November 1989.

Scottish Charity Number - SC005538.

Eskrigg Nature Reserve

Moths

	Common Name	Scientific Name	Date found						Food plants for larvae	Photo
			25.07.98	02.07.99	28.05.04	16.08.08	27.06.09	24.07.10
1	Antler Moth	Cerapteryx graminis		X					grasses especially mat-grass, sheep's fescue.
2	Barred Red	Hylaea fasciaria	X	X			X		Scots pine, Norway spruce.
3	Barred Straw	Eulithis pyraliata		X			X		Bedstraws.
4	Beautiful Carpet	Mesoleuca albicillata					X
5	Beautiful China-mark	Nymphula stagnata					X
6	Bee Moth (micro)	Aphomia sociella						X
7	Bird-cherry Ermine	Yponomeuta evonymella						X
8	Bright-line Brown-eye	Lacanobia oleracea						X
9	Brimstone Moth	Opisthograptis luteolata						X
10	Brown China-mark	Elophila nymphaeata				X	X		Aquatic larvae feed on water plants
11	Brown Rustic	Rusina ferruginea			X		X		dock, groundsel, vetches.
12	Brown Silver-line	Petrophora chlorosata			X				bracken.
13	Buff Ermine	Spilosoma luteum		X					many low-growing plants.
14	Buff-tip	Phalera bucephala			X				many deciduous trees and shrubs.
15	Burnished Brass	Diachrisia chrysitis		X					common nettle
16	Campion, The	Hadena rivularis			X		X		campion, red valerian,wood sage and viper's-bugloss.
17	Cinnabar	Tyria jacobaeae						X	Common Ragwort
18	Clouded Border	Lomaspilis marginata	X		X				sallows, aspen.
19	Clouded-bordered Brindle	Apamea crenata			X				various plant flowers and grasses.
20	Clouded Magpie	Abraxas grossulariata					X
21	Clouded Silver	Lomographa temerata			X				hawthorn, blackthorn, wild cherry, apple, aspen, plum.
22	Common Carpet	Epirrhoe alternata alternata	X		X				bedstraws.
23	Common Footman	Eilema lurideola	X						lichens on trees and fences.
24	Common Lutestring	Ochropacha duplaris	X		X				birch.
25	Common Marbled Carpet	Chloroclysta truncata	X						various including birch, bramble.
26	Common Pug	Eupithecia vulgate vulgate			X				leaves of sallow, hawthorn, yarrow, bilberry.
27	Common Rustic	Mesapamea secalis	X			X			grasses (inside stems).
28	Common Swift	Hepialus lupulinus			X		X		roots of grasses and many wild and cultivated plants.
29	Common Wave	Cabera exanthemata	X		X		X		sallow, aspen.
30	Common White Wave	Cabera pusaria	X	X	X		X		birch, hazel, sallow.
31	Coxcomb Prominent	Ptilodon capucina		X	X		X		birch, hazel, sallow.
32	Cream Wave	Scopula floslactata		X			X		dock, bedstraws.
33	Crescent, The	Celaena leucostigma	X					X	yellow iris, great fen-sedge (inside stem and root).
34	Dark Arches	Apamea monoglypha	X	X				X	grasses especially cock's-foot (root and stem bases)
35	Dark Spinach	Pelurga comitata		X			X		goosefoot.
36	Dotted Clay	Xestia baja	X						birch, bog myrlte, blackthorn.
37	Dotted Footman	Pelosia muscerda		X					lichens.
38	Double Dart	Graphiphora augur		X					hawthorn, birch, sallow.
39	Double Square-spot	Xestia triagulum		X			X		hawthorn, blackthorn, birch.
40	Drinker	Euthrix potatoria						X
41	Dusky Brocade	Apamea remissa		X					grasses.
42	Early Thorn	Selenia dentaria	X						trees including birch, sallow, hawthorn.
43	Engrailed, The	Ectropis bistortata			X				oak, birch, sallow, broom, buckthorn.
44	Flame Carpet	Xanthorhoe designata					X
45	Flame Shoulder	Ochropleura plecta	X	X					dock, plantain, bedstraws.
46	Flounced Rustic	Luperina testacea						X
47	Four-dotted Footman	Cybosia mesomella		X					unrecorded.
48	Foxglove Pug	Eupithecia pulchellata pulchellata			X				foxglove.
49	Gothic, The	Naenia typica	X						willowherb, dandelion, dock, sallow.
50	Green Arches	Anaplectoides prasina		X					sallow, honeysuckle, bilberry.
51	Green Carpet	Colostygia pectinataria	X	X			X		crucifers.
52	Green Pug	Chloroclystis rectangulata			X				apple, pear, cherry, blackthorn.
53	Grey Pine Carpet	Thera obeliscata			X				Scots pine, Norway spruce and other conifers.
54	Hebrew Character	Orthosia gothica			X				wide variety of trees and other plants.
55	Herald, The	Scoliopteryx libatrix			X				rowan, sallow, willow, aspen, osier and poplar
56	Ingrailed Clay	Diarsia mendica	X				X		sallow, hawthorn, heather.
57	July Highflyer	Hydriomena furcata	X	X		X	X	X	sallow, hazel, heather.
58	Large Emerald	Geometra papilionaria	X						birch, hazel.
59	Large Yellow Underwing	Noctua pronuba	X	X		X	X	X	various including chickweed, dandelion.
60	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow	Noctua janthina	X						sallow, blackthorn, dock.
61	Lesser Common Rustic	Mesapamea secalella	X				X		unrecorded - probably grasses.
62	Lesser Yellow Underwing	Noctua comes				X
63	Light Emerald	Campaea margaritata	X	X				X	oak,birch, hawthorn.
64	Map-winged Swift	Hepialus fusconebulosa		X				X	bracken (roots and stems).
65	Middle-barred Minor	Oligia fasciuncula		X				X	grasses (leaves).
66	Minor Shoulder-knot	Brachylomia viminalis	X						sallows, willows.
67	Mottled Beauty	Alcis repandata	X	X				X	birch, oak, bilberry, hawthorn.
68	Muslin Footman	Nudaria mundana						X
69	Northern Spinach	Eulithis populata	X					X	bilberry.
70	Nut-tree Tussock	Colocasia coryli			X				beech, hazel, birch, field maple and hornbeam.
71	Oblique Carpet	Orthonama vittata			X		X	X
72	Pale Prominent	Pterostoma palpina			X				poplar, aspen, sallow.
73	Pale-shouldered Brocade	Lacanobia thalassina			X			X	oak, hawthorn, broom, honeysuckle and many others.
74	Peach Blossom	Thyatira batis		X					bramble.
75	Pebble Hook-tip	Drepana falcataria	X		X				birch.
76	Pebble Prominent	Eligmodonta ziczac		X					sallow, willow.
77	Pinion-streaked Snout	Schrankia costaestrigalis	X	X				X	unrecorded.
78	Plain Golden Yellow	Autographa jota	X						dead-nettle, common nettle, honeysuckle.
79	Poplar Hawkmoth	Laothoe populi		X			X	X	poplar, sallow, willow.
80	Purple Bar	Cosmorhoe ocellata	X	X	X				bedstraws.
81	Purple Clay	Diarsia brunnea		X					birch, sallow, dock, bilberry.
82	Riband Wave	Idaea aversata	X		X				bedstraw, chickweed.
83	Rosy Rustic	Hydraecia micacea	X						dock, plantain, tomato (in roots).
84	Scalloped Hazel	Odontopera bidentata			X				oak, birch, larch, pine, hawthorn and others.
85	Scalloped Oak	Crocallis elinguaria	X						most deciduous trees and shrubs.
86	Scorched Wing	Plagodis dolabraria			X				oak, birch, sallow, also beech & sweet chestnut.
87	Shaded Broad-bar	Scotopteryx chenopodiata	X						clovers, vetches.
88	Silver-ground Carpet	Xanthorhoe montanata		X				X	bedstraws.
89	Six-striped Rustic	Xestia sexstrigata	X						bramble, bluebell.
90	Slender Brindle	Apamea scolopacina	X						woodland grasses.
91	Small Dotted Buff	Photedes minima	X	X					tufted hair-grass (inside stems).
92	Small Fan-foot	Herminia grisealis						X
93	Small Fan-footed Wave	Idaea biselata	X						unrecorded.
94	Small Mottled Willow	Spodoptera exigua	X	X					unrecorded.
95	Small Phoenix	Ecliptopera silacata			X		X		rosebay and broad-leaved willowherb.
96	Small Rivulet	Perizoma alchemillata	X						hemp-nettle (flowers and seeds).
97	Small Square-spot	Diarsia rubi		X	X			X	heather, dandelion, dock.
98	Small Wainscot	Chortodes pygmina						X
99	Smoky Wainscot	Mythimna impura	X	X			X		grasses.
100	Snout	Hypena proboscidalis		X			X	X	common nettle.
101	Spruce Carpet	Thera britannica						X
102	Straw Dot	Rivula sericealis	X	X					grasses.
103	Swallow-tailed Moth	Ourapteryx sambucaria	X						ivy, various trees and shrubs.
104	Tawny Marbled Minor	Oligia latruncula		X					grasses (inside stems).
105	Tawny Speckled Pug	Eupithecia icterata			X				flowers and leaves of yarrow and sneezewort.
106	True Lover's Knot	Lycophotia porphyrea	X	X			X		ling and bell heather.
107	V-Pug	Chloroclystis v-ata						X
108	Water Carpet	Lampropteryx suffumata			X				bedstraw.
109	Welsh Wave	Venusia cambrica			X		X		rowan and occasionally birch.
110	White Ermine	Spilosoma lubricipeda			X		X		various wild and garden plants.
111	White Marked	Cerastis leucographa		X
112	Willow Beauty	Peribatodes rhomboidaria						X
113	Micro Grass Moth	Agriphila tristella						X

Last updated - 3rd August 2011

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