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Common Name		Latin Name		Food plant(s)		Description
Brown Scallop		Philereme vetulata		Buckthorn		Greyish, broad black line dorsally with two thin stripes inside, orange markings laterally. Widespread in south-east and south-central England.
Dark Umber		Philereme transversata		Buckthorn		Green, white spiracular line, darker dorsal line. Southern England, Midlands and South Wales.
Cloaked Carpet		Euphyia biangulata		Chickweed		Ochreous, wavy grey lines, slightly forked head. Southern England, Wales and Ireland.
Sharp-angled Carpet		Euphyia unangulata		Chickweed		Ochreous, cross-shaped markings,black mottling. Southern England, Wales and Ireland.
November Moth		Epirrita dilutata		Blackthorn, birch, oak, elm, hawthorn, apple and ash.		Bright to dark green, marked with reddish-brown blotches, pale white line below spiracles. Most of Britain.
Pale November Moth		Epirrita chrityi		Beech, sallow, hawthorn, oak, hornbeam, maple, blackthorn and hazel.		Similar to above. Most of England, Wales and southern Scotland.
Autumnal Moth		Epirrita autumnata		Birch and alder		Similar to above two, difficult to distinguish. Widespread, exact status difficult to pinpoint.
Small Autumnal Moth		Epirrita filigrammaria		Heather and bilberry.		Dark velvety green, yellow subdorsal line, bright yellow line below spiracles. Scotland, North and mid-Wales, Ireland and northern counties of England.
Winter Moth		Operophtera brumata		Oak, apple, blackthorn, birch, sallow, hawthorn and hazel		Bright green, darker dorsal line, yellowish-white lines subdorsally. Common.
Northern Winter Moth		Operophtera fagata		Birch, alder and apple.		Green or yellowish-green, darker dorsal line (indistinct), paler subdorsal lines. Widespread.
Barred Carpet		Perizoma taeniata		Unknown		Light reddish-brown, X-shaped markings dorsally, short black hairs. Western and northern parts of Britain.
Rivulet		Perizoma affinitata		Red campion		Pinkish-white, dark brown prothoracic plate. Most of Britain.
Small Rivulet		Perizoma alchemillata		Hemp-nettle		Purple, broad yellowish dorsal stripe centred darker. Most of Britain.
Barred Rivulet		Perizoma bifaciata		Red bartsia		Shades of brown, dark brown dorsal line, dark brown dashes subdorsally, tiny blackish dots surrounded by a pale ring. Most of Britain.
Heath Rivulet		Perizoma minorata		Eyebright		Yellowish-green, brown dorsal line, broad brown line in spiracular region, between which are mottlings and wavy lines. Locally common in Scotland and northern England.
Pretty Pinion		Perizoma blandiata		Eyebright		Light yellowish-green, purple or brownish-red stripe dorsally, head dull green with tiny dots. Scotland, locally in Ireland and the Lake District.
Grass Rivulet		Perizoma albulata		Yellow rattle		Dull yellow, faint spiracular line. Widespread.
Sandy Carpet		Perizoma flavofasciata		Red and white campion, bladder campion.		Bluish-grey, brownish-purple stripes subdorsally. Common.
Twin-spot Carpet		Perizoma didymata		Bilberry, sallow, heather, willowherb and docks.		Green, narrow dorsal line, whitish spiracular line, yellow between segments, few black tubercles with short bristle. Most of Britain.
Marsh Carpet		Perizoma sagittata		Common meadow-rue		Green, olive green ridged structure on the fifth to tenth segment, pinkish subdorsally. East Anglia.
Slender Pug		Eupithecia tenuiata		Sallow catkins		Dull greenish-white, indistinct black markings dorsally. Widespread.
Maple Pug		Eupithecia inturbata		Field maple		Light green, reddish-brown or dark green diamond-shaped markings, pale green lines subdorsally. Widespread.
Haworth's Pug		Eupithecia hawothiata		Traveller's-joy		Light greyish-green, blackish dorsal line. Most of England, Wales and Ireland.
Lead-coloured Pug		Eupithecia plumbeolata		Common cow-wheat		Greenish-yellow, undulating dorsal line and dull purple subdorsal lines. Much of England, Wales and in Ireland.
Cloaked Pug		Eupithecia abietaria		Norway spruce cones and conifers		Dull pinkish, visible darker dorsal vessel, dark brown prothoracic plate. Irregular in distribution; any mature spruce plantation.