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The family Geometridae
mainly have thin bodies and wide triangular wings. They rest like butterflies with wings out flat or sometimes together above their body.
(other than Noctuids and Geometers)
Waves
Carpets
Pugs
Thorns
Beauties
Blood-veins
Maidens’s Blush
Peacocks
Treble Bars
Family Noctuidae mainly have thick bodies and are strong flyers. Most fly at night. They rest with forewings flat together - covering their hindwings.
Darts
Yellow Underwings
Hebrew Characters
Rustics
Coronets
Quakers
Footmen
Clay
Silver lines
Umbers
Sallows
S
Chestnuts
Wainscots
Emeralds
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Each page shows a group of moths which are easily confused with one another with labelled photos to show the differences
The family Tortricidae). A very large family of micromoths -
Acleris
‘Micro-moths’ is a loose grouping of small moths.
Agonopterix
Veneers
Pyraustas
Agapeta
Pandemis
Archips
Plume Moths
Scopariienae
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Click a thumbnail for the comparison page showing differences between species
Micromoths
Tortrix moths
Geometers
Noctuids
Macro moths
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Marbled Coronet
Hawk Moths
White Moths - Yellow Tail
Prominents - Swallow Prominent
Pale Tussock
Seraphims
Black Rustic