# 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 (‡*).