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Common Name		Latin Name		Food plant(s)		Description
Peacock Moth		Semiothsia notata		Birch and sallow		Glossy greenish-brown, darker subdorsal line. Southern half of England in woodland, much of Wales and central Scotland.
Sharp-angled Peacock		Semiothisa alternaria		Sallow, willow, blackthorn, sea buckthorn and lader		Shades of green, brown or grey, faint dorsal line, indistinct wavy lines along back and sides. Mainly on sandhills and woodland in the southern counties of England.
Dusky Peacock		Semiothisa signaria		Norway spruce and Scots pine		Deep green, darker dorsal line and orange-tipped lateral line/ Immigrant.
Tawny-barred Angle		Semiothisa liturata		Scots pine, Norway spruce and Western hemlock		Green, darker green dorsal line bordered with paler colour, whitish subdorsal and spiracular lines. Most of Britain.
Latticed Heath		Semiothisa clathrata		Clovers and trefoils		Bright green, fine wavy whitish lines, broad white stripe below black spiracles. England, Wales, southern Scotland, also northern Ireland.
Netted Mountain Moth		Semiothisa carbonaria		Bearberry		Bright green, thin white lines along back and sides, greenish-white spiracular stripe. Locally on moors and hillsides in central Scotland.
Rannoch Looper		Semiothisa brunneata		Bilberry		Reddish or greyish-brown, darker dorsal line edged paler, yellowish-white spiracular line. Pine and birch woods of central Scotland.
The V-Moth		Semiothisa wauaria		Black currant, red currant and gooseberry		Brown or green, yellow stripe along spiracles, darker lines and mottlings along back, short bristles. Most of Britain, less common than in the past.
Frosted Yellow		Isturgia limbaria		Broom		Green or brown, broad yellow stripe, thin dull yellow lines dorsally. EXTINCT in Britain since 1914.
Little Thorn		Gepphis advenaria		Bilberry, bramble and dog rose		Reddish-brown, pale wavy line spiracular area. Most of southern England and Wales.
Brown Silver-line		Petrophora chlorosata		Bracken		Light green or pale brown, numerous darker wavy lines along back and sides. Most of Britain.
Barred Umber		Plagodis pulveraria		Sallow, birch and hazel		Light brown, pair of parallel projecting structures dorsally on eight segment. Widespread.
Scorched Wing		Plagodis dolabraria		Birch, oak, sallow and beech		Shades of grey, reddish-brown blotches, single projecting hump dorsally on eighth segment. Widely distributed.
Horse Chestnut		Pachycnemia hippocastanaria		Heather		Grey, reddish-brown diamond-shaped markings centrally, wrinkled underneath. Heathlands of southern England.
Brimstone Moth		Opisthograptis luteolata		Blackthorn, hawthorn, rowan and other trees		Dark reddish-brown or bright green, two extra pairs of prolegs on seventh and eighth segments, hump on the sixth. Common throughout.
Bordered Beauty		Epione repandaria		Sallow		Reddish-brown or greyish-brown, fifth segment swollen, several smaller humps dorsally. Most of Britain.
Dark Bordered Beauty		Epione paralellaria		Creeping willow and aspen		Greyish-brown, fifth segment swollen, between this and the last are pairs of white points. Found in localities in Yorkshire, Northumberland and eastern Scotland.
Speckled Yellow		Pseudopanthera macularua		Wood-sage, dead-nettle, woundwort		Green, darker dorsal line, several fine whitish lines along back and sides. Most of Britain.
Lilac Beauty		Aperira syringaria		Honeysuckle, privet and ash		Shades of brown, tiny greyish bristles, two long curled structures from seventh segment dorsally. Most of England, Wales and Ireland.
Large Thorn		Ennomos autumnaria		Oak, elm, birch, sallow, hawthorn and other trees		Greyish or greenish-brown, short humps dorsally on fifth and eighth segments. Southern and eastern England and Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
August Thorn		Ennomos quercinaria		Beech, blackthorn, oak, birch and other trees		Light brown, humped structures dorsally on fifth and eighth segments, twin points on eleventh segment. Most of England, Wales, Ireland and southern Scotland.
Canary-shouldered Thorn		Ennomos alniaria		Birch, alder and sallow		Reddish-brown, small hump-like dorsal structures on fifth and eighth segments. Most of Britain.
Dusky Thorn		Ennomos fuscantaria		Ash		Light brown, obvious hump-like structures as above. England and Wales.
September Thorn		Ennomos erosaria		Oak, birch and lime		Grey or brownish-grey, brown swellings on second, fifth and sixth segments and dorsally on others. Southern Britain.
Early Thorn		Selenia dentaria		Blackthorn, hawthorn, sallow, birch and alder		Brownish-grey, mottled darker, pairs of conical-shaped structures dorsally. Most of Britain.
Lunar Thorn		Selenia lunularia		Ash, birch and oak		Brown or greenish-brown, paler dorsal line, fifth and eighth segments swollen, twin conical-shaped structures dorsally. Most of Britain.
Purple Thorn		Selenia tetralunaria		Oak, ash, birch and alder		Shades of brown, segments 4, 5, 7 and 8 swollen. Southern counties of England and Wales, recorded as far north as Ross-shire in Scotland.
Scalloped Hazel		Odontopera bidentata		Hawthorn, blackthorn, oak, birch, sallow, lime and other trees		Brown or grey, darker dorsal line, hump dorsally on segment 11. Widespread.
Scalloped Oak		Crocallis elinguaria		Sallow, hawthorn, blackthorn, bilberry, heather, oak and other trees and shrubs		Brown or grey, row of diamond-shaped markings dorsally. Most of Britain.
Swallow-tailed Moth		Ourapteryx sambucaria		Hawthorn, blackthorn, ivy, privet		Shades of brown, structural side swelling on segment 6 and dorsally on 8. Most parts of England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
Feathered Thorn		Colotois pennaria		Sallow, hawthorn, blackthorn, bilberry, heather, oak and other trees and shrubs		Greyish, mottled darker, twin parallel conical-shaped structures on segment 11. Most of Britain.
Orange Moth		Angerona prunaria		Sallow, hawthorn, blackthorn, honeysuckle, oak and other trees and shrubs		Light brown mottled darker, large pointed structures on eighth ring, smaller structures on segments 4 and 11. Southern areas.
Small Brindled Beauty		Apocheima hispidaria		Oak		Brown or grey, wart-like structures. Southern half of England and Wales.
Pale Brindled Beauty		Apocheima pilosaria		Oak, hawthorn, blackthorn, birch, lime, sallow, apple		Brown or grey, wart-like structures dorsally. Most of England and Wales.
Brindled Beauty		Lycia hirtaria		Sallow, oak, elm, lime, birch, alder, hawthorn		Ashy-grey, russet streaks and mottlings, yellow collar. Most of Britain.
Belted Beauty		Lycia zonaria		Plantains, clovers, Bird'sfoot trefoil, yellow iris, burnet rose		Light greyish-green speckled dark grey or black dots and lines, broad yellow stripe. Caernarvonshire, Cheshire, Argyllshire, the Hebrides and western Ireland.
Rannoch Brindled Beauty		Lycia lapponaria		Bog myrtle, heather, bell heather		Light grey, dark grey dots, pale yellow lines along back in which are blotches. Perthshire, Inverness-shire.
Oak Beauty		Biston stratulata		Oak, hazel, aspen, elm		Grey, clouded and marked with brown, wart-like structures on segment 8. Most of Britain.
Peppered Moth		Biston betularia		Lime, birch, sallow, hawthorn, rose, oak and other trees		Brownish-grey, wart-like structures dorsally on segment 8. Most of Britain.
Spring Usher		Agriopis leucophaeria		Oak		Greyish-green, lighter subdorsal lines, sometimes two dark spots on segment 2. Most of England and Wales.