This page is under construction.
I
have decided to start this page simply as a place to display some
of the photos of moths that I have come across on my various walks
and excursions. The species that I have managed to
identify
with some degree of certainty are included under the moth family name in alphabetical order.
Only a small proportion of the total number of family groups are
shown here.
SPECIES LIST OF MOTHS - SCIENTIFIC NAMES ACCORDING TO FAMILY GROUPS |
SUPERFAMILY
| FAMILY
|
SCIENTIFIC NAME
| COMMON ENGLISH NAME
|
BOMBYCOIDEA
| Saturniidae
|
Aglia tau
| Tau Emperor
|
|
|
Saturnia minore (pavoniella)
|
Little Peacock
|
|
|
Saturnia pyri
|
Giant Peacock
|
|
Sphingidae
|
Agrius convolvuli
|
Convulvulus Hawkmoth
|
|
|
Deilephila porcellus |
Small Elephant Hawkmoth |
|
|
Hemaris fuciformis
|
Broad-boardered Bee Hawkmoth
|
|
|
Hemaris tityus
|
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth
|
|
|
Holoicus pinastri
|
Pine Hawkmoth |
|
|
Macroglossum
stellatarum
|
Humming-bird Hawkmoth |
|
|
Marumba quercus
|
Oak Hawkmoth |
|
|
Mimas tiliae
|
Lime Hawkmoth
|
COSSOIDEA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DREPANOIDEA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GEOMETROIDEA
|
|
|
|
HEPIALOIDEA
|
|
|
|
LASIOCAMPOIDEA
|
Lasiocampidae
|
Macrothylacia rubi
|
Fox Moth
|
NOCTUOIDEA
|
|
|
|
PYRALOIDEA
|
|
|
|
THYRIDOIDEA
|
|
|
|
ZYGAENOIDEA
|
|
|
|