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The family Geometridae

mainly have thin bodies and wide triangular wings. They rest like butterflies with wings out flat or sometimes together above their body.

(other than Noctuids and Geometers)

Waves

Carpets

Pugs

Thorns

Beauties

Blood-veins

Maidens’s Blush

Peacocks

Treble Bars

Family Noctuidae mainly have thick bodies and are strong flyers. Most fly at night. They rest with forewings flat together - covering their hindwings.

Darts

Yellow Underwings

Hebrew Characters

Rustics

Coronets

Quakers

Footmen

Clay

Silver lines

Umbers

Sallows

S

Chestnuts

Wainscots

Emeralds

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The family Tortricidae).
A very large family of micromoths -

Acleris

‘Micro-moths’ is a loose grouping of small moths.

Agonopterix

Veneers

Pyraustas

Acleris

Agapeta

Pandemis

Archips

Plume Moths

Scopariienae

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Micromoths

Tortrix moths

Geometers

Noctuids

Macro moths

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Marbled Coronet

Hawk Moths

White Moths - Yellow Tail

Prominents - Swallow Prominent

Pale Tussock

Seraphims

Black Rustic