Flying Tonight

The following species have been recorded flying on this same date, 29/11/23, 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
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
66.001 December Moth Poecilocampa populi Lasiocampidae143
49.039 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Tortricidae91
70.244 Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria Geometridae71
70.106 Winter Moth Operophtera brumata Geometridae67
70.256 Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria Geometridae60
70.095 Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata Geometridae56
73.190 Yellow-line Quaker Leptologia macilenta Noctuidae51
63.031 Rusty-dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis Crambidae42
73.194 Chestnut Conistra vaccinii Noctuidae38
73.192 Brick Sunira circellaris Noctuidae31
45.044 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Pterophoridae29
70.254 Scarce Umber Agriopis aurantiaria Geometridae25
18.001 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Plutellidae23
73.015 Silver Y Autographa gamma Noctuidae15
73.189 Red-line Quaker Leptologia lota Noctuidae15
70.141 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Geometridae13
49.069 Acleris sparsana Tortricidae12
70.097 Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata Geometridae12
70.079 Spruce Carpet Thera britannica Geometridae11
73.223 Oak Rustic Dryobota labecula Noctuidae10
73.210 Satellite Eupsilia transversa Noctuidae9
63.069 Eudonia angustea Crambidae7
17.011 Ypsolopha ustella Ypsolophidae6
70.081 Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata Geometridae6
70.107 November Moth Epirrita dilutata Geometridae6
73.195 Dark Chestnut Conistra ligula Noctuidae6
73.202 Grey Shoulder-knot Lithophane ornitopus Noctuidae6
41.004 Blastobasis vittata Blastobasidae5
70.083 Cypress Carpet Thera cupressata Geometridae5
70.105 Northern Winter Moth Operophtera fagata Geometridae5
73.113 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa Noctuidae5
73.319 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum Noctuidae5
45.010 Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Pterophoridae4
49.261 Crocidosema plebejana Tortricidae4
70.077 Pine Carpet Pennithera firmata Geometridae4
73.065 Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx Noctuidae4
73.186 Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis Noctuidae4
73.206 Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri Noctuidae4
73.296 White-speck Mythimna unipuncta Noctuidae4
15.040 Phyllonorycter messaniella Gracillariidae3
28.024 Tachystola acroxantha Oecophoridae3
41.003 Blastobasis lacticolella Blastobasidae3
49.083 Acleris ferrugana Tortricidae3
63.048 Palpita vitrealis Crambidae3
69.010 Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum Sphingidae3
72.006 Bloxworth Snout Hypena obsitalis Erebidae3
73.342 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Noctuidae3
15.010 Caloptilia stigmatella Gracillariidae2
40.008 Mompha subbistrigella Momphidae2
40.010 Mompha epilobiella Momphidae2
44.001 Many-plumed Moth Alucita hexadactyla Alucitidae2
49.076 Acleris cristana Tortricidae2
49.078 Acleris aspersana Tortricidae2
73.224 Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina Noctuidae2
73.233 Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra Noctuidae2
73.327 Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon Noctuidae2
12.034 Brown-dotted Clothes Moth Niditinea fuscella Tineidae1
12.048 Psychoides filicivora Tineidae1
15.006 Caloptilia rufipennella Gracillariidae1
15.012 Caloptilia semifascia Gracillariidae1
15.028 Parornix anglicella Gracillariidae1
28.009 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Oecophoridae1
32.007 Agonopterix ocellana Depressariidae1
32.017 Agonopterix arenella Depressariidae1
35.123 Scrobipalpa costella Gelechiidae1
49.075 Acleris umbrana Tortricidae1
49.080 Acleris hastiana Tortricidae1
49.082 Acleris hyemana Tortricidae1
49.085 Acleris kochiella Tortricidae1
49.086 Acleris logiana Tortricidae1
63.046 Duponchelia fovealis Crambidae1
63.052 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella Crambidae1
70.038 Vestal Rhodometra sacraria Geometridae1
70.047 Gem Nycterosea obstipata Geometridae1
70.109 Autumnal Moth Epirrita autumnata Geometridae1
70.225 Horse Chestnut Pachycnemia hippocastanaria Geometridae1
70.247 Pale Brindled Beauty Phigalia pilosaria Geometridae1
70.258 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria Geometridae1
72.001 Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix Erebidae1
73.197 Dotted Chestnut Conistra rubiginea Noctuidae1
73.297 White-point Mythimna albipuncta Noctuidae1
73.307 Pearly Underwing Peridroma saucia Noctuidae1
73.345 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Noctuidae1
74.009 Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana Nolidae1