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2262  Brick  Agrochola circellaris

Flying : September, October and November

Common

2263  Red-line Quaker  Agrochola lota

Flying : September, October and November

Common

2264  Yellow-line Quaker  Agrochola macilenta

Flying : September, October and November

Common

2265  Flounced Chestnut  Agrochola helvola

Flying : September and October

Common in England and Wales. Less common in Scotland and Northern Ireland

2265  Flounced Chestnut  Agrochola helvola

Flying : September and October

Common in England and Wales. Less common in Scotland and Northern Ireland

2266  Brown-spot Pinion  Agrochola litura

Flying : August, September and October

Common

2267  Beaded Chestnut  Agrochola lychnidis

Flying : September, October and November

Common in England and Wales but not elsewhere.

2269  Centre-Barred Sallow  Atethmia centrago

Flying : August and September

Common

2270  Lunar Underwing  Omphaloscelis lunosa

Flying : September and October

Common

2272  Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago (Syn: Xanthia aurago)

Flying : September and October

Common in Most of England and East and South Wales. Local elsewhere.

2273  Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata

Flying : August, September and October

Common

2274  Sallow Cirrhia icteritia (Syn: Xanthia icteritia)

Flying : August, September and October

Common

2278  Poplar Grey Subacronicta megacephala (Syn: Acronicta megacephala)

Flying : May, June, July and August

Common in England and Wales. Local elsewhere

2280  Miller  Acronicta leporina

Flying : May, June, July and August

Common

2284  Dark Dagger/Grey Dagger  Acronicta tridens/psi

Flying : May to September

The two species cannot be separated by looking at Photographs.
Both species common in most of England and Wales. Dark Dagger is local elsewhere. Moths seen in Northern England and Scotland are likely to be Grey Dagger.

2289  Knot Grass  Acronicta rumicis

Flying : May to September

Common

2291  Coronet  Craniophora ligustri

Flying : May, June, July and August

Common in Southern England and Wales. Local elsewhere.

2214  Chamomile Shark  Cucullia chamomillae

Flying : Mainly April and May but some observed in June and July. Mainly earlier in the year than Shark.

Fairly common in South and Central England and East Anglia. Local elsewhere.

2216  Shark  Cucullia umbratica

Flying : Mainly June and July

Common. More common than Chamomile Shark

2225  Minor Shoulder-knot  Brachylomia viminalis

Flying : June. July, August and September - Mainly June and July

Common

2227  Sprawler  Asteroscopus sphinx

Flying : Mainly October and November

Fairly common in England and Wales but not in Scotland and Northern Ireland

2231  Deep-brown Dart  Aporophyla lutulenta

Flying : September and October

Common in England. Less common in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The species was recently split into two and moths found in Northern England and Scotland may well be the Northern Deep-Brown Dart.

2232  Black Rustic  Aporophyla nigra

Flying : Mainly September and October - some in August and November

Common

2236  Pale Pinion  Lithophane socia (syn L.hepatica)

Flying : Over-winters as an adult. Mainly October and  then March to May

Common in Southern England, Wales and East Anglia. Local elsewhere.

2237  Grey Shoulder-knot  Lithophane ornitopus lactipennis

Flying : Over-winters as an adult. Mainly seen September, October, November and  then March and April.

Only common in South-east England and parts of Wales. Otherwise local.

2240  Blair's Shoulder-knot  Lithophane leautieri

Flying : September, October and November

Common in England and parts of Wales. Only resident in Britain since the 1950s and seems to be spreading to the rest of the UK.

2243  Early Grey  Xylocampa areola

Flying : Late February, March, April and May

Common

2245  Green-brindled Crescent  Allophyes oxyacanthae

Flying : September, October and November

Common

2247  Merveille du Jour  Griposia aprilina ( Syn. Dichonia aprilina)

Flying : September and October

Common

2248  Brindled Green  Dryobotodes eremita

Flying : Late August, September, October

Common

2252  Large Ranunculus  Polymixis flavicincta

Flying : September and October

Common in Southern England, East Anglia and South Wales

2255  Feathered Ranunculus  Polymixis lichenea

Flying : September and October

Local, but common near coasts in England and Wales

2256  Satellite  Eupsilia transversa

Flying : Over-winters as an adult. Mainly October, November then March, April but also in mild spells during the winter.

Common

2258  Chestnut  Conistra vaccinii

Flying : Over-winters as an adult. Mainly October, November then February, March, April but also appears during the winter.

Common

2259  Dark Chestnut  Conistra ligula

Flying : Mainly October and November but many adults survive until March.

Common in England and Wales - local elsewhere.

Photo of  Flounced Chestnut by Liz and Philip Rapley

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14. Noctuids3 - Cuculliinae and Acronictinae - Including Coronets, Sallows, Ranunculus and Shoulder-knots                                   

Cuculliinae

Acronictinae

Photo of  Barred Sallow by Graeme Davis

Photo of  Centre-Barred Sallow by Liz and Philip Rapley

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