73.092 BF2387 – Mottled Rustic – Noctuidae – Caradrina morpheus
Selected Images: Glossop – 15th August 2024 – Christian Heintzen© – Melbourne – Tony Davison©
Blue - Generally Common / Widespread, Macro, Moths, Noctuidae, Photographed
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Geometridae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.137 BF1807 – Grass Rivulet – Geometridae – Perizoma albulata
Selected Images: Midway, South Derbyshire – 13th June 2014 / Jim Mart NR, near Clay Cross – Nikki Mahadevan © / 9th September2023 Middleton-by-Youlgrave – Doug Aston © / Cromford (2025) Clive Ashton© / Melbourne 30/5/2025 – Tony Davison©
Geometridae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.206 BF1885 – Clouded Magpie – Geometridae – Abraxas sylvata
Selected Images: Via Gellia , Derbyshire – Clive Ashton ©
Blue - Generally Common / Widespread, Geometridae, Macro, Moths, Photographed, Pug Moths
70.190 BF1837 – Grey Pug – Geometridae – Eupithecia subfuscata
Selected Images: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Images by Tony Davison © / Glossop – Christian Heintzen©
Day-Flying Moths, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed, Zygaenidae
54.003 BF0164 – Cistus Forester – Zygaenidae – Adscita geryon
Selected Images: Image provided by Bryan Barnacle © / Harboro Rocks (May 2025) – Clive Ashton©
Blue - Generally Common / Widespread, Geometridae, Macro, Moths, Photographed, Pug Moths
70.182 BF1832 – Currant Pug – Geometridae – Eupithecia assimilata
Selected Images: Melbourne, Derbyshire – May 2014 – Images by Tony Davison ©
Blue - Generally Common / Widespread, Geometridae, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.101 BF1775 – Mottled Grey – Geometridae – Colostygia multistrigaria
Selected Images: Curbar, North Derbyshire – Image by Jane and Phil Lester © / Glossop – Christian Heintzen©
Carpet Moths, Geometridae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.096 BF1761 – Autumn Green Carpet – Geometridae – Chloroclysta miata
Selected Images: Curbar, North Derbyshire – Image by Jane & Phil Lester 2013 © – Glossop 2022-2023 & 2025 – Christian Heintzen © – Darwin Forest 2024 Dave Evans ©.
Blue - Generally Common / Widespread, Day-Flying Moths, Geometridae, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.045 BF1732 – Shaded Broad-bar – Geometridae – Scotopteryx chenopodiata
Selected Images: Curbar, North Derbyshire – Image by Jane & Phil Lester ©
Day-Flying Moths, Geometridae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.229 BF1909 – Speckled Yellow – Geometridae – Pseudopanthera macularia
Selected Images: Curbar, North Derbyshire – Image by Jane & Phil Lester ©Â
Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Noctuidae, Photographed
73.235 BF2255 – Feathered Ranunculus – Noctuidae – Polymixis lichenea
Selected Images: Curbar, Derbyshire – Jane & Phil Lester© / Froggatt, Derbyshire – Bryan Barnacle© – September 18th 2021
Day-Flying Moths, Erebidae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
72.026 BF2057 – Garden Tiger – Erebidae – Arctia caja
Selected Images: Melbourne, South Derbyshire – Tony Davison ©
Brown - Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant, Day-Flying Moths, Geometridae, Macro, Moths, Orange - Migrant, Photographed
70.217 BF1896 – Rannoch Looper – Geometridae – Macaria brunneata
Selected Images: 4th Record – Dave Evans©, Belper 24th/25th June 2023; 3rd record – Sid Morris, Norbrigg Flash NR, Staveley 21st June 2023; Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire – Tony Davison© – 2nd record; Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire – 1st record – photos by kind permission of Sam Goddard© 15th/16th June 2023.
Geometridae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.231 BF1910 – Lilac Beauty – Geometridae – Apeira syringaria
Selected Images: Curbar, Derbyshire –  Jane & Phil Lester © / Belper – Dave Evans© / Cromford (2025) Clive Ashton©
Carpet Moths, Geometridae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.139 BF1801 – Barred Carpet – Geometridae – Martania taeniata
Selected Images: Derbyshire. – Image by Simon Roddis ©
Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Noctuidae, Photographed
73.209 BF2241 – Red Sword-grass – Noctuidae – Xylena vetusta
Selected Images: Curbar, North Derbyshire (left) – Jane & Phil Lester©  /  Darley Dale (right), Derbyshire – Simon Roddis© / Glossop – 3/11/24 – Christian Heintzen©
Erebidae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
72.010 BF2033 – Black Arches – Erebidae – Lymantria monacha
Selected Images: Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Tony Davison © – Allestree – Stephen Plant © / Belper (2024) – Dave Evans
Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Noctuidae, Photographed
73.032 BF2425 – Nut-tree Tussock – Noctuidae – Colocasia coryli
Selected Images:   Darley Dale, Derbyshire – Simon Roddis © / Simon Moody © – Uppertown, Ashover, Derbyshire/ Darwin Forest (2025) Dave Evans©
Blue - Generally Common / Widespread, Carpet Moths, Geometridae, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.053 BF1722 – Flame Carpet – Geometridae – Xanthorhoe designata
Selected Images: Darley Dale – Image by Simon Roddis ©
Carpet Moths, Geometridae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.104 BF1751 – Devon Carpet – Geometridae – Lampropteryx otregiata
Selected Images: Glossop, Derbyshire 2022 & 2023 – Christian Heintzen© has produced some stunning images and identification comparisons below. Darley Dale, Derbyshire – Images by Simon Roddis© 2013, Andy Butler© 2011 and Steve Orridge© May 2023.
Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Noctuidae, Photographed
73.341 BF2104 – Northern Rustic – Noctuidae – Standfussiana lucernea
Selected Images: Via Gellia, Derbyshire – Simon Roddis© / Buxton (2011) Steve Orridge© / Coombs Edge & Dovestone Clough (2025) Christian Heintzen©
Geometridae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.041 BF1734 – July Belle – Geometridae – Scotopteryx luridata
Selected Images: Frogatt – Images by Bryan Barnacle ©
Blue - Generally Common / Widespread, Geometridae, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.091 BF1756 – Northern Spinach – Geometridae – Eulithis populata
Selected Images: Barber Booth, Edale, Derbyshire. – Image by Ashlin Bower © / Glossop – Christian Heintzen©
Geometridae, Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Photographed
70.299 BF1666 – Large Emerald – Geometridae – Geometra papilionaria
Selected Images: Barber Booth, Edale, Derbyshire – Image by Ashlin Bower© / Belper – Dave Evans©
Green - Rare / Uncommon / Scarce, Macro, Moths, Noctuidae, Photographed
73.234 BF2229 – Brindled Ochre – Noctuidae – Dasypolia templi
Selected Images: Hathersage 2019 – The Late Claire Miles © / Barber Booth, Edale, Derbyshire – Ashlin Bower©/ 29/9/2025 – Gnat Hole – Christian Heintzen©