- 62.001 BF1428 – Pyralidae – Galleriinae – Aphomia sociella
Pyralidae – Galleriinae – Aphomia sociella – Bee Moth
STATUS – Widely distributed and locally common across the county. On combs of Wasps and Bumble Bee nests.
ID POINTERS – The male is more attractively and brightly marked than the female. Male is long and thin in appearance. Silvery white or greyish white to basal half of ...
- 62.005 BF1426 – Pyralidae – Galleriinae – Achroia grisella
Pyralidae – Galleriinae – Achroia grisella – Lesser Wax Moth
STATUS – Widely distributed and locally common across the county. On wax in bee hives.
ID POINTERS – Distinctive oval shaped at rest. Female larger than male. Head a golden yellow. Overall pale shining greyish yellow-brown to forewings, otherwise clean and unmarked.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing ...
- 62.006 BF1425 – Pyralidae – Galleriinae – Galleria mellonella
Pyralidae – Galleriinae – Galleria mellonella – Wax Moth
STATUS – Not listed in Harrison & Sterling (1988) – Assume to be widely distributed and locally common across the county. Larva feed on wax in bee hives.
ID POINTERS – Distinctively shaped concave edge to outer forewing. It rests very similarly to a noctuid moth. A very ...
- 62.007 BF1433 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Cryptoblabes bistriga
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Cryptoblabes bistriga
STATUS – Unknown – In 1988 there were no records since 1928. Species is nationally local in Oak woodland or on Oak.
ID POINTERS – Forewing reddish brown to purplish-brown with two white or creamy white cross bands. The basal cross line/band is narrower than the larger one at the apex/termen. ...
- 62.012 BF1451 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Matilella fusca – Brown Knot-horn
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Matilella fusca- Brown Knot-horn
STATUS – Was Pyla fusca. A species of heathland and moorland and widely distributed across the heather moorland in Derbyshire. Has a habit of resting on burnt heather, where its colouration makes for cryptic camouflage.
ID POINTERS – Sooty black with finer pale speckling and dusting and two paler ...
- 62.021 BF1441 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Oncocera semirubella – Rosy Knot-horn
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Oncocera semirubella – Rosy Knot-horn
STATUS – A new species to Derbyshire & VC57, when one was attracted to a light trap at Ambaston Gravel Pits overnight on 17th July 2024 by Martin Roome. Possible immigrant or range expansion into the south of the county? A second record came from Sandiacre on ...
- 62.024 BF1445 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Rhodophaea formosa
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Rhodophaea formosa – Beautiful Knot-horn
STATUS – Uncertain – There are few records of this very secretive species that is expanding northwards. Four records all from one site in Kings Newton between 2005 and 2019.
ID POINTERS – Forewing is an attractive banding of pinkish-red, grey & black, with a broken cross-line at ...
- 62.028 BF1454 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Dioryctria abietella
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Dioryctria abietella- Dark Pine Knot-horn
STATUS – A species that has spread into the county due to the commercial planting of Pine, so likely to be common wherever there are Pine plantations.
ID POINTERS – There is considerable uncertainty to the status of the four Dioryctria species in Britain, as they are very difficult to ...
- 62.034 BF1436 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Acrobasis repandana
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Acrobasis repandana
STATUS – Probably locally common in the county where there is oak
ID POINTERS – Forewing is grey with pinkish, reddish and orange markings – a white cross-band, edged black at about a third. A very colourful pyralid.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during July – August
IMAGES – Belper, Derbyshire – Dave ...
- 62.035 BF1439 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Acrobasis advenella
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Acrobasis advenella
STATUS – Unknown – Not listed in Harrison & Sterling (1988). Assume now to be fairly widespread and common as the species has expanded its range. Found on uncut Hawthorn.
ID POINTERS – Forewing silvery grey shaded reddish brown to purplish-brown or blackish brown. The basal area usually darker than rest ...
- 62.038 BF1437 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Acrobasis consociella
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Acrobasis consociella
STATUS – Unknown – As at 1988 no twentieth century record. Assume now to be fairly widespread and common as the species has expanded its range. Found on Oak.
ID POINTERS – Forewing reddish brown to purplish-brown or greyish brown. A white cross band bordered black at about one third. Two ...
- 62.042 BF1458 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Myelois circumvoluta
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Myelois circumvoluta – Thistle Ermine
STATUS – Probably a well established species in the county, wherever there are Thistles
ID POINTERS – Very similar to the Yponomeutidae family, but has no black spots on the thorax and a white fringe on the hind-wing. Forewing a glossy silvery white, with a scattering of variably ...
- 62.048 BF1437 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Euzophera pinguis
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Euzophera pinguis
STATUS – A fairly local species both nationally and no doubt in the county. Found on Ash.
ID POINTERS – Easy enough to identify with zig zag cross-lines of dark and pale colour. Ground colour of forewing is usually a creamy yellowish or pale greyish brown.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during ...
- 62.054 BF1481 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Homoeosoma sinuella
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Homoeosoma sinuella – Twin-barred Knot-horn
STATUS – A fairly widespread species in the county. Found on Ribwort Plantain.
ID POINTERS – Easy enough to identify with zig zag cross-lines/bands of pinkish-brown or darker greyish-brown. Ground colour of forewing is usually a pale orangey yellowish or pale greyish-yellowish-brown.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during May-September
IMAGES – ...
- 62.058 BF1483 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Phycitodes binaevella
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Phycitodes binaevella
STATUS – Unknown – Not listed in Harrison & Sterling (1988) – Assume to be local in the county. Feeds on a variety of thistles.
ID POINTERS – Ground colour of forewing is a chalky white, suffused with light brown and with two pairs of black dots or dashes. Holds wings in ...
- 62.062 BF1479 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Plodia interpunctella
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Plodia interpunctella – Indian Meal Moth
STATUS – An imported (adventive) and a potential pest on dried cereals. Found in food warehouses.
ID POINTERS – Quite distinctive and tri-coloured. A dark brown basal patch a central pale yellowish patch and the final two thirds of the forewing dark reddish or rusty-brown with several ...
- 62.065 BF1474 – Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Ephestia woodiella
Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Ephestia woodiella – Blushed Knot-horn
STATUS – Last recorded in 2024 – Not listed in Harrison & Sterling (1988) – A nationally local species and uncommon. So no doubt an uncommon and very localised species in Derbyshire.
ID POINTERS – An overall sandy/greyish brown shaded darker, with obvious darker cross-band and a pinkish blush ...
- 62.072 BF1417 – Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Pyralia farinalis
Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Pyralia farinalis – Meal Moth
STATUS – Probably fairly common across the county but not trapped in large numbers. Frequents stables, barns, mills, farms and animal shelters. Anywhere where there is stored cereal or cereal waste.
ID POINTERS – An attractively marked pyralid. Has a habit of holding up the tip of its ...
- 62.074 BF1421 – Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Aglossa pinguinalis
Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Aglossa pinguinalis – Large Tabby
STATUS – Probably a localised and declining species in the county.
ID POINTERS – Forewing ground colour a rather drab yellowish or pinkish brown overly marked with blackish marks and variable cross lines
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during June – September
IMAGES – Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
Aglossa pinguinalis ...
- 62.075 BF1413 – Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Hypsopygia costalis
Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Hypsopygia costalis – Gold Triangle
STATUS – Widespread across the county. Mainly found on Hay and Thatches.
ID POINTERS – A beautiful little moth. Both fore & hind wings a metallic purple with wings fringed a bright golden orange. Two golden orange spots along the leading edge with wavy cross-lines through the hind ...
- 62.076 BF1415 – Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Hypsopygia glaucinalis
Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Hypsopygia glaucinalis
STATUS – Local in Derbyshire to the south of the county. Maybe spreading. Frequents haystacks and thatches
ID POINTERS – Forewing brownish grey, suffused reddish-brown, with two pale yellow wavy cross-lines and two small yellow marks on the leading edge of the forewing. Wing tips rounded.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during ...
- 62.077 BF1424 – Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Endotricha flammealis
Pyralidae – Pyralinae – Endotricha flammealis – Rosy Tabby
STATUS – Unknown – Seems that there are local populations scattered around the county. A species expanding its range.
ID POINTERS – Forewing is orange-yellow with a large central cross-band, bordered either side with a contrasting pale whitish cross-line. Variably shaded with pale yellows and purples and darker ...
- 63.048 BF1408 – Crambidae – Spilomelinae – Palpita vitrealis
Crambidae – Spilomelinae – Palpita vitrealis – Olive-tree Pearl or Jasmine Moth – Colour Code •
STATUS – Last recorded November 2024 – A rare migrant species. Only 5 records to September 2023. One recorded from Kelstedge in 1982; Melbourne, on 3 Nov 2005 & 10 September 2020, one from Froggatt 16 September 2020, one Aston ...