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Crambidae: Pyraustinae
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Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis © John Girdley
Ecpyrrhorrhoe rubiginalis © Brian Goodey
Achyra nudalis © Peter Hall
Palepicorsia ustrinalis © Peter Hall
Paratalanta pandalis © Sveinung Larsen
Paratalanta hyalinalis © Rachel Terry
Pyrausta virginalis © Brian Goodey
Pyrausta pellicalis © Brian Goodey
Pyrausta castalis © Brian Goodey
Pyrausta sanguinalis © John McClean
Pyrausta despicata © Patrick Clement
Pyrausta aurata © Sveinung Larsen
Pyrausta purpuralis © Brian Goodey
Pyrausta ostrinalis © Brian Goodey
Pyrausta nigrata © Brian Goodey
Pyrausta cingulata © Brian Goodey
Pyrausta rectefascialis © Brian Goodey
Pyrausta coracinalis © Horst Pichler
Pyrausta aerealis © Brian Goodey
Uresiphita gilvata © Peter Hall
Sitochroa palealis © Peter Hall
Sitochroa verticalis © Rachel Terry
Ostrinia nubilalis © Peter Hall
European Corn Borer
Psammotis pulveralis © Iain Outlaw
Anania funebris © Horst Pichler
Anania verbascalis © Brian Goodey
Anania lancealis © Brian Goodey
Anania coronata © Peter Hall
Anania stachydalis © Peter Hall
Anania perlucidalis © Peter Hall
Anania terrealis © John Kemp
Anania crocealis © Peter Hall
Anania hortulata © Horst Pichler
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Anania fuscalis © Patrick Clement
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Moth Dissection UK & EU Checklists

UK: United Kingdom list EU: European list

*UK code = Dynamic UK systematic order only and not species reference codes.
*EU code = Dynamic EU systematic order only and not species reference codes.

Compiled from multiple sources including:
ABH: Agassiz, D.J.L., Beavan, S.D. & Heckford R.J. (2013 & 2nd Edition 2024) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles. (including Appendix A: Adventive Species, not including Appendix B: Questionable Records)
BF (deprecated): Bradley, J.D. (Fletcher, D.S.) Checklist of Lepidoptera Recorded from the British Isles (2000) Second Ed. (*additional provisional BF species codes assigned post publication)
**NEW** EU: Lepiforum's Checklist of European Lepidoptera - Version 9: 9. January 2023 - Rennwald, E., Rodeland, J. & T. Guggemoos (2023):https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Downloads - additional EU species added pers. comm. Rodeland, J. October 2024.
FauEU (deprecated): Karsholt, O. & Nieukerken, E.J. van (2013) Lepidoptera, Moths. Fauna Europaea version 2.6, http://www.fauna-eu.org
KR (deprecated): Karsholt, O., Razowski, J. (1996) The Lepidoptera of Europe: A Distributional Checklist. (KR species codes are retained and continue to be assigned by European authorities)
Micro Moth Vernacular Names:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M.S. (2023) Comparative list of new Vernaculars - Field Guide to the Micro-Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Second edition, Bloomsbury Publishing 2023)
Wheeler, J.R. (2017) Micro Moth Vernacular Names: A Nomenclatural Checklist of British Microlepidoptera. https://lepidoptera.uk/micromoths

Moth Dissection checklists include additional European species, and species new to Britain published up to Sept 2025.

BF codes & KR codes shown for reference only and do not follow systematic order.

 

J. Wheeler - V.7.0 - 19.09.2025 - Default Citation