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Use the Index below as a Quick Finder. The total List all British species including butterflies is 2624 species. To view this list click this link British Moth List there will also be a searchable index by number soon.

Number annotation before each entry are "Bradley and Fletcher numbers", or given Log Book numbers from "A Recorder's Log Book or Label List of British Butterflies and Moths" by J.D. Bradley and D.S. Fletcher.

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Zygaenidae: Zygaeninae   0169 Spotted Burnet Zygaena filipendulae	Noctuidae Noctuinae 2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Undwring. Noctua fimbriata	Arctiidae : Arctiinae 2069 Cinnabar Catrerpillars Tyria jacobaeae
Sphingidae : Sphinginae 1978 Pine Hawk-moth Hyloicus pinastri	Sphingidae:Macroglossinae   1991 Elephant Hawk Moth Delilephila elpenor	Sphingidae: Sphinginae   1979 Lime Hawk Moth Mimas tiliae
Sphingidae   1980 Eyed hawk Moth Smerinthus ocellata	Sphinginae   1976 Privet Hawk moth Sphinx ligustri	Sphingidae:Sphinginae   1973 Deaths Head Moth Acherontia atropos
Chloephorinae   2451 Scarce Silver Lines Psudoips prasinana britannica	Sphingidae 1983 Broad Bordered Bee Hawk Moth Hermaris fuciformis	Noctuidae : Catocalinae   2462 Mother Shipton Moth Callistege mi
Geometridae: Larentiinae   1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata	Geometridae: Geometrinae    1669 Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria	Geometridae: Larentiinae   1727 Silver Ground Carpet Moth Xanthorhoe montanata
Arctiidae: Arctiinae   2057 Garden Tiger Arctia caja	Ennominae   1930 Oak Beauty Biston Stataria	Larentiinae   1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria
Thyatiridae 1652 Peach Blossom Thyatira batis	Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae   2340 Middle Barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula	Riband Wave
Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae 2322 Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea	Lasiocampidae   1637 Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus	Notodontidae     1997 Sallow Kitten Moth Furcula furcula
Noctuidae: Plusiinae   2441 Silver Y Moth Autograph gamma	Noctuidae : Amphipyrinae 2306 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa	Noctuidae: Plusiinae       2434 Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis
2462 Mother Shipton Callistege mi	Drepanidae   1646 Oak Hook Tip Drepania binaria	Noctuidae : Catocalinae   2452 Red Underwing Moth Catocala nupta
Saturniidae 1643 Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia	Tortricidae :Tortricinae 1033 Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix verdana	Geometridae: Ennominae   1931 Peppered Moth Biston betularia
Catocalinae 2463 Burnet Companion Moth Euclidia glyphica	Pyraustinae 1361 Crimson And Gold Pyrausta purpuralis	Hepialidae   017 Common Swift Moth Hepialis lupulina
Noctuidae:Amphipyrinae 2343 Common Rustic Moth Mesapamea secalis	Pyraustinae   1405 Mother Of pearl Pleuroptya ruralis	Pyralidae: Pyraustinae    1388 Udea lutealis
Pterophoridae : Pterophorinae 1524 A Plume Moth Emmelina monodactyla	Choreutidae 0385 The Nettle Tap Anthophila fabriciana	Arctiidae : Arctiinae 2061  Buff Ermine Moth Spilosoma luteum
Notodontidae   1994 Buff-tip Phalera bucephala	Geometridae: Ennominae 1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata	Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae   2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha
Geometridae: Ennominae 1884 The Magpie Abraxas grossulariata	Geometridae:Geometrinae 1667 Blotched Emerald Comibaena bajularia	Pterophoridae Lasiocampidae   1640 The Drinker Euthrix potatoria
Nepticulidae 050 Stigmella aurella,	Geometridae: Ennominae 1921 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria	Micropterigidae   004 Micropterix aruncella
Yponomeutidae: Argyresthiinae  0411 Argyresthia goedartella	Eriocraniidae   006 Eriocrania subpurpurella	Oecophoridae: Oecophorinae  0649 Esperia sulphurella
Ophiderinae 2469 The Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix	Incurvariidae : Adelinae       0148 Long Horn Moth Nemophora degeerella	Incurvariidae : Incurvariinae   0140 Nemotopgon swammerdamella
Noctuidae : Catocalinae  2452 Red Underwing Catocala nupta	Geometridae : Larentiinae 1732 Shaded Broad Bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata	Incurvariidae : Adelinae   0150 Adela reaumurella
Pyralidae   1340 Eudonia truncicolella	Sphingidae   1931 Peppered Moth Biston betularia	Arctiidae  2050 Common Footman Eilema lurideola
	Sphingidae   1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata	1742 Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata

Acknowledgement To Stephen Shroud (C) Visit Stephens Site Steephen Stroud

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A GUIDE TO "BF" NUMBERS IS FOUND BELOW THIS INDEX

A

Acherontia atropos Deaths Head Moth

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa

Arctia caja Garden Tiger Moth

Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches

Autograpa gamma Silver Y Moth

Autographa pulchrina Golden Y Moth

B

6 Spotted Burnet Zygaena filipendulae

Biston Strataria Oak Beauty

Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

Broad Bordered Bee Hawk Moth Hermaris fuciformis

Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata

Buff Ermine Moth Spilosoma luteum

Buff Tip Phalera bucephala

Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis

 

C

Cabbage Moth, Mamestra brassicae

Callimorpha dominula Scarlet Tiger Moth

Callistege mi Mother Shipton Moth

Catocala nupta Red Underwing Moth

Cinnabar Moth

Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata

Common Swift Hepialis lupulina

 

D

Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha

 

Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass

Deaths Head Moth Acherontia atropos

Delilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk Moth

Dingy Footman Eilema griseola

E

Elephant Hawk Moth Delilephila elpenor

Emerald Blotched Comibaena bajularia

Emerald Common Hemithea aestivaria

Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia

Emmelina monodactyla Plume Moth

Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet

Eyed Hawk Moth Smerinthus ocellata

 

F

Figure of Eighty Tethea ocularis

Sallow Kitten Moth Furcula furcula

Scarlet Tiger Moth Callimorpha dominula

G

Garden Tiger moth Arctia caja

Green Carpet Moth Colostygia pectinataria

Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix verdana

Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar

H

Hawk-moth, Bedstraw Hyles gallii

Hawk-moth, Broad-bordered Bee, Hemaris fuciformis

Hawk-moth, Narrow-bordered Bee, Hemaris tityus

Hawk-moth, Convolvulus, Agrius convolvuli

Hawk Moth Elephant Delilephila elpenor

Hawk-moth, Eyed Smerinthus ocellata

Hawk-moth, Humming bird Macroglossum stellatarum

Hawk-moth,Lime, Mimas tiliae

Hawk-moth,Oleander, Daphnis nerii

Hawk-moth,Pine Hyloicus pinastri

Hawk-moth, Poplar Laothoe populi

Hawk moth, Privet Sphinx ligustri

Hawk-moth, Silver-striped Hippotion celerio

Hawk-moth, Small Elephant Deilephila porcellus

Hawk-moth,Spurge, Hyles euphorbiae

Hawk-moth,Striped Hyles livornica

Hawk-moth, Willowherb Proserpinus proserpina

Hemithea aestivaria Emerald Common

Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix

Hermaris fuciformis Broad Bordered Bee Hawk Moth

 

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J

 

K

 

L

Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus

Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea

Lime Hawk Moth Mimas tiliae

Long Horn Moth

M

Magpie Abraxas grossulariata

Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis

Mother Shipton Callistege mi

Mimas tiliae Lime Hawk Moth

Middle Barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula

Mother Shipton Moth Callistege mi

Muslin Footman Nudaria mundana

 

 

 

N

 

O

Oak Beauty Biston Stataria

Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus

Oak Hook-tip Drepana binaria

Oligia fasciuncula Middle Barred Minor

 

P

Peach Blossom Moth Thyatira batis

Peppered Moth Biston Betularia

Privet Hawk Moth Sphinx ligustri

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa

Psudoips prasinana britannica Scarce Silver Lines

 

Q

 

R

Red Underwing Moth Catocala nupta

Rustic, Common / Lesser

 

S

Sallow Kitten Moth Furcula furcula

Saturnia pavonia Emperor Moth

Scarce Silver Lines Psudoips prasinana britannica

Silver Ground Carpet Moth Xanthorhoe montanata

Silver Y Moth Autograpa gamma

Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk Moth

Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk Moth

T

Thyatira batis Peach Blossom Moth

 

Tortrix , Carnation , Cacoecimorpha

Tortrix, Cyclamen , Clepsis spectrana

Tortrix, Flax , Cnephasia asseclana

Tortrix, Garden Rose, Acleris variegana

Tortrix, Green Oak Tortrix verdana

Tortrix, Grey, Cnephasia stephensiana

Tortrix, Holly, Rhopobota naevana

Tortrix, Marbled Orchard, Hedya nubiferana

Tortrix,Plum Hedya pruniana

Tortrix, Red-barred, Ditula angustiorana

Tortrix, Rhomboid, Acleris rhombana

Tortrix , Strawberry Acleris comariana

Tortrix, Timothy Aphelia paleana

Tortrix ,Variegated Golden, Archips xylosteana

Tortrix, Willow, Epinotia cruciana

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W

 

X

Silver Ground Carpet Moth Xanthorhoe montanata

Y

 

Z

Zygaena filipendulae 6 Spotted Burnet

TABLE OF BF (BRADLEY & FLETCHER) NUMBERS .

CLASSIFICATION	BF ALLOCATION (SPECIES No )
Micropterigidae	0 - 5
Eriocraniidae	6
Hepialidae	14 - 18
Nepticulidae	10 - 118
Opostegidae	121
Tischeriidae	123 - 125
Incurvariidae	130 - 153
Heliozelidae	158
Cossidae	160 - 162
Zygaenidae	163 - 172
Limacodidae	173 - 174
Psychidae	175 - 192
Tineidae	196 - 247
Ochsenheimeriidae	251
Lyonetiidae	254 - 274
Gracillariidae	281 - 364
Phyllocnistidae	368
Sesiidae	370 - 384
Choreutidae	385 - 389
Glyphipterigidae	391 - 397
Yponomeutidae	495 - 476
Epermeniidae	478 - 483
Schreckensteiniidae	485
Coleophoridae	490 - 588
Elachistidae	597 - 633
Oecophoridae	638 -713
Ethmiidae	718 - 720
Gelechiidae	724 - 822
Blastobasidae	873 - 874
Oecophoridae	877
Momphidae	878 - 893
Cosmopterigidae	896 - 906
Tortricidae	921 - 1284
Alucitidae	1288
Pyralidae	1289 - 1484
Pterophoridae	1487 - 1524
Lasiocampidae	1631 - 1642
Saturniidae	1643
Endromidae	1644
Drepanidae	1645 -1651
Thyatiridae	1652 - 1660
Geometridae	1661 - 1970
Sphingidae	1872 - 1993
Notodontidae	1994 - 2020
Thaumetopoeidae	2021 - 2022
Lymantriidae	2025 - 2034
Arctiidae	2035 - 2069
Ctenuchidae	2071
Nolidae	2075 -2079
Noctuidae	2081 - 2495

 

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