Flying Tonight

The following species have been recorded flying on this same date, 02/09/10, in the past decade. The list is ranked by descending order of number of records on the county database (only the 200 most commonly recorded species are shown)

Alternatively, select any week of the year:
For each of the last ten years, the relative abundance is indicated by a graphic, as follows:
- 100 or more records
- 50-99 records
- 20-49 records
- 10-19 records
- 5-9 records
- 1-4 records
- No records in this week

Code / Vernacular / ScientificFamilyImage Total
Records
0001 020304050607 0809
2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Noctuidae1032
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Noctuidae924
2134 Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa Noctuidae917
2384 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua Noctuidae730
1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Geometridae720
2353 Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea Noctuidae703
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Noctuidae702
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria Geometridae656
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Noctuidae636
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Noctuidae596
1309   Agriphila geniculea Crambidae571
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Noctuidae545
2199 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Noctuidae539
2441 Silver Y Autographa gamma Noctuidae514
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Tortricidae505
1305   Agriphila tristella Crambidae471
1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Geometridae464
2194 White-point Mythimna albipuncta Noctuidae444
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Geometridae421
2389 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis Noctuidae404
1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata Geometridae395
2123 Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi Noctuidae368
2306 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa Noctuidae350
1398 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella Crambidae335
2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Noctuidae320
2477 Snout Hypena proboscidalis Noctuidae315
1405 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Crambidae313
1076   Celypha lacunana Tortricidae302
2133 Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata Noctuidae283
1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Geometridae263
2293 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica Noctuidae262
0015 Orange Swift Hepialus sylvina Hepialidae254
1524   Emmelina monodactyla Pterophoridae238
1707 Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata Geometridae228
1742 Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata Geometridae223
1825 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata Geometridae222
1680 Maiden's Blush Cyclophora punctaria Geometridae213
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata Noctuidae212
0873   Blastobasis adustella Blastobasidae200
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Noctuidae195
1914 Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria Geometridae187
1395 Rusty-dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis Crambidae173
1682 Blood-vein Timandra comae Geometridae173
2297 Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea Noctuidae173
2450 Spectacle Abrostola tripartita Noctuidae173
2361 Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea Noctuidae168
2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum Noctuidae166
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Geometridae164
1713 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Geometridae163
1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata Geometridae158
2434 Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis Noctuidae156
1356 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis Crambidae147
2382 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda Noctuidae143
2154 Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae Noctuidae140
1646 Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria Drepanidae131
1361   Pyrausta aurata Crambidae123
2300 Old Lady Mormo maura Noctuidae121
1855 Cypress Pug Eupithecia phoeniceata Geometridae119
0658   Carcina quercana Oecophoridae118
2303 Straw Underwing Thalpophila matura Noctuidae118
1956 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata Geometridae116
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma Notodontidae112
1260   Cydia splendana Tortricidae103
2089 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Noctuidae102
2198 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Noctuidae101
2091 Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon Noctuidae98
0647 Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Oecophoridae96
0464 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Yponomeutidae91
1651 Chinese Character Cilix glaucata Drepanidae90
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana Tortricidae89
1304   Agriphila straminella Crambidae85
2007 Swallow Prominent Pheosia tremula Notodontidae81
1764 Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata Geometridae80
0648 White-shouldered House Moth Endrosis sarcitrella Oecophoridae79
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle Acasis viretata Geometridae79
1984 Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum Sphingidae75
2033 Black Arches Lymantria monacha Lymantriidae74
0969 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana Tortricidae72
2057 Garden Tiger Arctia caja Arctiidae72
1439   Trachycera advenella Pyralidae68
2299 Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis Noctuidae68
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi Sphingidae66
1306   Agriphila inquinatella Crambidae65
1708 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Geometridae62
2177 Hedge Rustic Tholera cespitis Noctuidae61
2269 Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago Noctuidae61
2343 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis Noctuidae61
0411   Argyresthia goedartella Yponomeutidae60
2112 Least Yellow Underwing Noctua interjecta Noctuidae60
2318 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Noctuidae59
1342   Eudonia angustea Crambidae55
1497   Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Pterophoridae55
1648 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria Drepanidae55
2202 L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album Noctuidae55
2452 Red Underwing Catocala nupta Noctuidae55
1261 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Tortricidae53
1690 Small Blood-vein Scopula imitaria Geometridae51
2381 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Noctuidae49
1336   Eudonia pallida Crambidae48
1362   Pyrausta purpuralis Crambidae48
2298 Svensson's Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Noctuidae48
0789   Bryotropha domestica Gelechiidae47
2178 Feathered Gothic Tholera decimalis Noctuidae46
1722 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata Geometridae45
2145 Nutmeg Discestra trifolii Noctuidae45
0263 Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella Lyonetiidae44
1955 Common White Wave Cabera pusaria Geometridae43
2026 Vapourer Orgyia antiqua Lymantriidae43
1768 Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata Geometridae42
1921 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Geometridae42
2341 Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula Noctuidae40
1893 Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata Geometridae39
2064 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Arctiidae39
0293   Caloptilia syringella Gracillariidae38
0985 Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana Tortricidae38
1331 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella Crambidae38
1752 Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata Geometridae38
1890 Sharp-angled Peacock Macaria alternata Geometridae38
1344   Eudonia mercurella Crambidae37
2484 Pinion-streaked Snout Schrankia costaestrigalis Noctuidae37
2000 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius Notodontidae36
1915 September Thorn Ennomos erosaria Geometridae35
2037 Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata Arctiidae34
2044 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Arctiidae34
2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Noctuidae33
1340   Eudonia truncicolella Crambidae32
1759 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata Geometridae32
1767 Pine Carpet Thera firmata Geometridae32
2400 Scarce Bordered Straw Helicoverpa armigera Noctuidae32
0964a   Cochylis molliculana Tortricidae31
1345 Brown China-mark Elophila nymphaeata Crambidae31
1868 Lesser Treble-bar Aplocera efformata Geometridae31
2350 Small Wainscot Chortodes pygmina Noctuidae31
1063   Celypha striana Tortricidae30
0125   Emmetia marginea Tischeriidae29
1689 Mullein Wave Scopula marginepunctata Geometridae29
1709 Satin Wave Idaea subsericeata Geometridae29
2289 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Noctuidae29
0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana Tortricidae28
1138   Epinotia nisella Tortricidae28
1316   Catoptria falsella Crambidae27
1134   Epinotia ramella Tortricidae26
1378   Phlyctaenia coronata Crambidae26
1413 Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis Pyralidae26
2197 Southern Wainscot Mythimna straminea Noctuidae26
2295 Marbled Green Cryphia muralis Noctuidae26
1307   Agriphila latistria Crambidae25
0385   Anthophila fabriciana Choreutidae24
1111   Bactra lancealana Tortricidae24
1288 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Alucitidae24
1365   Pyrausta despicata Crambidae24
1417 Meal Moth Pyralis farinalis Pyralidae24
1846 Narrow-winged Pug Eupithecia nanata Geometridae24
0966   Cochylis atricapitana Tortricidae23
1452   Phycita roborella Pyralidae23
1470   Euzophera pinguis Pyralidae23
1093   Apotomis betuletana Tortricidae22
1632 Pale Eggar Trichiura crataegi Lasiocampidae22
2193 Clay Mythimna ferrago Noctuidae22
0285 Azalea Leaf Miner Caloptilia azaleella Gracillariidae21
0779   Bryotropha affinis Gelechiidae21
1205   Spilonota ocellana Tortricidae21
1279   Dichrorampha acuminatana Tortricidae21
1157   Crocidosema plebejana Tortricidae20
1293 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Crambidae20
1716 Vestal Rhodometra sacraria Geometridae20
1175 Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana Tortricidae19
1465   Nephopterix angustella Pyralidae19
1884 Magpie Moth Abraxas grossulariata Geometridae19
1911 Large Thorn Ennomos autumnaria Geometridae19
1838 Tawny Speckled Pug Eupithecia icterata Geometridae18
1912 August Thorn Ennomos quercinaria Geometridae18
1978 Pine Hawk-moth Hyloicus pinastri Sphingidae18
0449 Ash Bud Moth Prays fraxinella Yponomeutidae17
0483   Epermenia chaerophyllella Epermeniidae17
0936   Cochylimorpha straminea Tortricidae17
0947   Aethes smeathmanniana Tortricidae17
1830 Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata Geometridae17
2166 Campion Hadena rivularis Noctuidae17
2403 Bordered Straw Heliothis peltigera Noctuidae17
0748   Ptocheuusa paupella Gelechiidae16
1889 Peacock Moth Macaria notata Geometridae16
1968 Yellow Belle Semiaspilates ochrearia Geometridae16
1972 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli Sphingidae16
2008 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina Notodontidae16
2364 Frosted Orange Gortyna flavago Noctuidae16
2385 Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua Noctuidae16
0287   Caloptilia robustella Gracillariidae15
0438   Swammerdamia pyrella Yponomeutidae15
0656   Tachystola acroxantha Oecophoridae15
0697   Agonopterix arenella Oecophoridae15
1303   Agriphila selasella Crambidae15
1647 Barred Hook-tip Watsonalla cultraria Drepanidae15
1907 Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria Geometridae15
2030 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Lymantriidae15
2439 Gold Spot Plusia festucae Noctuidae15
0522   Coleophora lineolea Coleophoridae14
0819   Scrobipalpa costella Gelechiidae14
1375 European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis Crambidae14
1676 Mocha Cyclophora annularia Geometridae14