Dotted Chestnut – Noctuidae – Xyleninae – Conistra rubiginea – colour code • STATUS – A new species for Derbyshire, but not for VC57, as South Wood lies entirely in […]
Blossom Underwing – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Orthosia miniosa – colour code • STATUS – A new species for the county and for the VC57. The late Dave Budworth, who
Eversmann’s Rustic – Noctuidae – Noctuinae – Actebia fennica – colour code • STATUS – This species is accepted to the county list on the basis of one record from Chesterfield
Light Brocade – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Lacanobia w-latinum – colour code • STATUS – A new species for Derbyshire in 2019. Current status unsure, as no previous records published prior
White-point – Noctuidae –Hadeninae – Mythimna albipuncta – colour code • STATUS – A new first record date for White-point has materialised from some past record data. Dave Evans recorded
Dewick’s Plusia – Noctuidae – Plusiinae – Macdunnoughia confusa – colour code • STATUS – Latest Record – September 2024 – A new species for Derbyshire 2022 – This moth
Flounced Chestnut – Noctuidae – Xyleninae – Agrochola helvola – colour code • STATUS – A resident in Derbyshire that is uncommon and widely distributed. A species of deciduous woodland
Tree-Lichen Beauty – Noctuidae – Bryophilinae – Cryphia algae – colour code •• STATUS – Recorded in the UK mostly as a migrant species, with only a handful of records
Southern Wainscot – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Mythimna straminea – colour code • STATUS – A resident that is uncommon and locally distributed in Derbyshire. This species appears to be
Webb’s Wainscot – Noctuidae – Xyleninae– Globia sparganii – colour code • STATUS – Last Record 2024 – Not listed or recorded in the county in Harrison & Sterling (1988).
Delicate – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Mythimna vitellina – colour code • STATUS – A rare but regular immigrant to Britain. There are two accepted VC57 Derbyshire records. The first
Toadflax Brocade – Noctuidae – Oncocnemidinae – Calophasia lunula – colour code • STATUS – First record for the VC57 was in 2015. A recent colonist that is generally uncommon
Twin-spotted Wainscot – Noctuidae – Xyleninae – Lenisa geminipuncta – colour code • STATUS – Last recorded August 2024 – A new species for Derbyshire, 13th August 2016, when 6 were
Barred Chestnut – Noctuidae – Noctuinae – Diarsia dahlii – colour code • STATUS – Widely distributed across the upland moorland areas of North Derbyshire, but not in large numbers. The
Garden Dart – Noctuidae – Noctuinae – Euxoa nigricans – colour code • STATUS – Last recorded 2023 – Generally uncommon but widely distributed in Derbyshire. Mainly recorded from sites in the
White-line Dart – Noctuidae – Noctuinae – Euxoa tritici – colour code • STATUS – Scarce and locally distributed species in Derbyshire. Up to 1986 only around 20 individuals had been
Square-spot Dart – Noctuidae – Noctuinae – Euxoa obelisca – colour code • STATUS – Current status uncertain. Possibly a rare and locally distributed species. Last recorded 1974 ID POINTERS – FLIGHT
Pearly Underwing – Noctuidae – Noctuinae – Peridroma saucia – colour code • STATUS – Last recorded September 2023 – An uncommon migrant, recorded infrequently. ID POINTERS – The moth gets its name
Striped Wainscot – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Mythimna pudorina – colour code • STATUS – Current status uncertain – maybe still holding on in small populations in marshy areas of the Trent
Tawny Shears – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Hadena perplexa – colour code • STATUS – Uncommon and locally distributed in Derbyshire. ID POINTERS – Highly variable but characterised by a rather broad ,
Marbled Coronet – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Hadena confusa – colour code • STATUS – Uncommon and locally distributed in Derbyshire. Although recorded from all areas of the county, it is generally
Glaucous Shears – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Papestra biren – colour code • STATUS – A resident that is confined to the gritstone moorland of North Derbyshire, where it is common and
Northern Drab – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Orthosia opima – colour code • STATUS – A rare vagrant with less than 25 specimens being reported – last recorded on 22nd April
Dark Brocade – Noctuidae –Xyleninae – Mniotype adusta – colour code • STATUS – A species that seems to be restricted to the upland areas of Derbyshire, where it is locally,
Minor Shoulder-knot – Noctuidae – Xyleninae – Brachylomia viminalis – colour code • STATUS – Latest record 2024 – An uncommon and locally distributed species in Derbyshire, of wet and damp
