MOTHS IN SOUTH CUMBRIA

About 720 species of macro-moth have been recorded in the county, which is around one-fifth of the national total of species.The following is a moth list, compiled over the last five years, from an urban garden in west Ulverston; there is some woodland close by and a nearby stream. With nearly 200 species of macro-moth, it shows the potential and fascination of studying moths around the garden. Species numbered in red are believed to be first records for Ulverston (there was already a very exhaustive list to the mid-1980's compiled by Ted Hancock and Bill Kydd). Species in blue are local species in Cumbria. Species marked * are local species in a national context. Numbers are from Bradley and Fletcher.

0014 Ghost Moth 1648 Pebble Hook-tip 1651 Chinese Character 1652 Peach Blossom 1653 Buff Arches 1657 Common Lutestring 1669 Common Emerald 1689 Mullein Wave 1702 Sm. Fan-footed Wave 1713 Riband Wave 1722 Flame Carpet 1727 Silver-ground Carpet 1728 Garden Carpet 1738 Common Carpet 1742 Yellow Shell 1746 Shoulder Stripe 1747 The Streamer * 1752 Purple Bar 1754 The Phoenix 1755 The Chevron 1757 The Spinach 1758 Barred Straw 1759 Small Phoenix 1762 Dark Marbled Carpet 1764 Common Marbled Carpet 1768 Grey Pine Carpet 1769 Spruce Carpet 1777 July Highflyer 1795 November Moth spp 1799 Winter Moth 1803 Small Rivulet 1817 Foxglove Pug 1830 Wormwood Pug 1831 Ling Pug 1834 Common Pug 1838 Tawny-speckled Pug 1851 Golden-rod Pug * 1852 Brindled Pug 1854 Juniper Pug * 1860 Green Pug 1862 Double-striped Pug 1867 Treble-bar 1884 The Magpie 1887 Clouded Border 1893 Tawny-barred Angle 1897 The V-moth * 1902 Brown Silver-line 1906 Brimstone Moth 1907 Bordered Beauty * 1913 Canary-sh. Thorn 1917 Early Thorn 1920 Scalloped Hazel 1921 Scalloped Oak 1922 Swallow-tailed Moth 1923 Feathered Thorn 1926 Pale Brindled Beauty 1931 Peppered Moth 1934 Dotted Border 1937 Willow Beauty 1941 Mottled Beauty 1955 Common White Wave 1956 Common Wave 1960 Early Moth

1961 Light Emerald 1964 The Annulet * 1981 Poplar Hawk-moth 1984 Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1991 Elephant Hawk-moth 1994 Buff-tip 1995 Puss Moth 1997 Sallow Kitten * 2000 Iron Prominent 2003 Pebble Prominent 2006 Lesser Swallow Prom. 2008 Coxcombe Prominent 2011 Pale Prominent 2020 Figure of Eight 2028 Pale Tussock 2030 Yellow-tail 2038 Muslin Footman * 2050 Common Footman 2057 Garden Tiger 2060 White Ermine 2061 Buff Ermine 2063 Muslin Moth 2064 Ruby Tiger 2085 Archer's Dart * 2087 Turnip Moth 2089 Heart and Dart 2091 Dark Swordgrass 2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart 2098 The Flame 2102 Flame Shoulder 2107 Large Yellow U/W 2109 Lesser Yellow U/W 2110 Broad-b.Yellow U/W 2111 Lss. B-b yellow U/W 2112 Least yellow U/W 2117 Autumnal Rustic 2118 True Lover's Knot 2120 Ingrailed Clay 2122 Purple Clay 2123 Small Square-spot 2128 Double Square-spot 2130 Dotted Clay 2132 Neglected Rustic 2134 Square-spot Rustic 2136 The Gothic * 2138 Green Arches 2139 Red Chestnut 2147 The Shears * 2150 Grey Arches 2154 Cabbage Moth 2155 Dot Moth 2158 Pale Shouldered brocade 2160 Bright-line Brown-eye 2163 Broom Moth 2166 The Campion 2173 The Lychnis 2176 Antler Moth 2186 Powdered Quaker 2187 Common Quaker 2188 Clouded Drab 2189 Twin-spot Quaker 2190 Hebrew Character 2198 Smoky Wainscot 2199 Common Wainscot

2232 Black Rustic 2193 The Clay 2235 Pale Pinnion * 2243 Early Grey 2254 Grey Chi 2255 Feathered Ranun. * 2258 The Chestnut 2264 Yellow-line Quaker 2265 Flounced Chestnut 2269 Centre-bar.Sallow 2271 Orange Sallow * 2274 The Sallow 2284 Grey dagger 2289 Knott Grass 2293 Marbled Beauty 2297 Copper Underwing * 2298 Svensson's C. U. * 2299 Mouse Moth 2305 Small Angle Shades 2306 Angle Shades 2318 Dun-bar 2321 Dark Arches 2322 Light Arches 2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle 2330 Dusky Brocade 2337 Marbled Minor spp 2339 Tawny M.M. 2340 Middle-barred M. 2342 Rosy Minor 2343 Common Rustic spp 2353 Flounced Rustic 2361 Rosy Rustic 2375 Large Wainscot 2380 Treble Lines * 2381 The Uncertain 2382 The Rustic 2385 Sm. Mottled Willow 2387 Mottled Rustic 2389 Pl. Mottled Willow 2394 The Anomalous * 2399 Bordered Sallow * 2422 Green Silver-lines * 2434 Burnished Brass 2437 Golden Plusia * 2439 Gold Spot 2441 Silver Y 2441 S.Y. ab gammina 2443 Plain Golden Y 2449 Dark Spectacle * 2450 The Spectacle 2469 The Herald 2489 The Fan-foot 2492 Small Fan-foot