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LEPIDOPTERA
The following butterflies and moths are listed numerically based on the Bradley Checklist of Lepidoptera (BCL) recorded from the British Isles. The numbers were allocated to the species, particularly the moths, beginning with the most primitive. Later discovered related species may be followed by a,b or c.
BCL Common Name Scientific name Tetrads Garden
Butterflies
1526 Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 7 G
1527 Essex Skipper Thylmelicus lineola 1
1531 Large Skipper Ochlodes venata 7 G
1532 Dingy Skipper Erynnis lages 1
1534 Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae 1
1546 Brimstone Gonepteryx rhami 21 G
1549 Large White Pieris brassicae 19 G
1550 Small White Pieris rapae 12 G
1551 Green-veined White Pieris napi 8 G
1553 Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines 19 G
1555 Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi 1
1561 Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas 6 G
1569 Small Blue Cupidio minimus 1
1572 Brown Argus Aricia agestis 2 G
1574 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus 18 G
1580 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus 16 G
1590 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 17 G
1591 Painted Lady Cynthia cardui 6 G
1593 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 18 G
1597 Peacock Inachis io 21 G
1598 Comma Polygonia c-album 15 G
1608 Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia 2 G
1614 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 18 G
1620 Marbled White Melanargia galathea 9 G
1625 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonis 18 G
1626 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 14 G
1627 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 2 G
1629 Ringlet Aphantopus hypernatus 12 G
Micro-Moths
73
Stigmella trimaculella 1 G
310
Callisto denticulella 1 G
424 Bird Cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella 3 G
425 Orchard Ermine Yponomeuta padella 1 G
438 Ermine Swammerdamia pyrella 1 G
450 Hawthorn Moth Scythropia crataegella {Numonia suavella} 1 G
464 Diamond Back Plutella xylostella 1 G
644
Borkhausenia fuscescens 1 G
647 Brown House Hofmannophila pseudospetella 2 G
648 White-shoulder House Endrosis sarcitrella 3 G
649
Esperia sulphurella 1 G
656
Tachystola acroxanthe 1 G
658
Carcina quercana 1 G
663
Diurnea fagella 2 G
688
Agonopterix heracliana 2 G
873
Blastobasis lignea 1 G
889a
Mompa bradleyi 1 G
937
Agapeta hamana 2 G
938
Agapeta zoegana 1 G
964
Cochylis dubitana 1 G
972 Dark Fruit Tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana 1 G
977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana 1 G
993 Cyclamen Tortrix Clepsis spectrana 1 G
998 Light Brown Apple Epiphyas postvittana 3 G
1002
Lozotaenia forsterana 1 G
1010 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana 1 G
1011
Pseudargrotoza conwagana 1 G
1032
Aleimma loeflingiana 1 G
1033 Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana 3 G
1036
Acleris forskaleana 2 G
1037
Acleris holmiana 1 G
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana 1 G
1051
Acleris logiana 1 G
1053
Acleris hastiana 1 G
1063
Celpha striana 1 G
1113
Eudemis profundana 1 G
1175 Bramble Shoot Notocelia {Epiblema} uddmanniana 2 G
1184
Epiblema scutulana 1 G
1197
Eucosma campoliliana 1 G
1211
Rhyacionia pinicolana 1 G
1288 Twenty-plume Alucita hexadactyla 2 G
Pyralids
1290
Chilo phragmitella 1 G
1293 Garden Grass Vaneer Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 G
1294
Crambus pascuella 1 G
1304
Agriphila straminella 2 G
1305
Agriphila tristella 1 G
1306
Agriphila inquinatella 1 G
1309
Agriphila geniculea 1 G
1315
Catoptria furcatellus 1 G
1328
Acrobasis {Trachycera} advenella 2 G
1329
Donacaula forficella 3 G
1333
Scoparia pyralelle 1 G
1338
Dipleurina lacustrata 1 G
1344
Eudonia mercurella 1 G
1345 Brown China-mark Elophila nymphaeata 4 G
1350 Beautiful China-mark Nymphula nitidulata {stagnata} 2 G
1354 Small China Mark Cataclysta lemnata 2 G
1356 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis 3 G
1361
Pyrausta aurata 6 G
1362
Pyrausta purpuralis 1 G
1376 Small Magpie Anania {Eurrhypara} hortulata 7 G
1378
Anania {Phlyctaenia} coronata 2 G
1390
Udea prunalis 1 G
1392
Udea olivalis 3 G
1398 Rush Vaneer Nomophila noctuella 1 G
1405 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis 6 G
1413 Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis 1 G
1415
Hypsopygia {Orthopygia} glaucinalis 4 G
1424
Endotricha flammealis 4 G
1428 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella 3 G
1439
Acrobasis {Trachycera} advenella 1 G
1454
Dioryctria abietella 1 G
1458 Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta 2 G
1470

1 G
Other Micros
1497 Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1 G
1509 Plume Stenoptilia pterodactyla 1 G
1513 Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla 2 G
1523 Plume Oidaematophorus lithodactyla 1 G
1524 Plume Emmelina monodactyla 3 G