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Most recent updates: More changes from 2022 records, and the first updates from 2023 reports.
January 2023 update: More 2022 additions to the county list, another 'target' species found, and
a few changes resulting from the VC33 recorder's decision to treat a number of past
records as unconfirmed after applying record checking software.
November 2022 update: Some species previously listed as post-2000 gains have been found to have
pre-2000 reports of Gloucestershire specimens (mostly found in old books & journals), some other
species have been added to the list of potential losses because pre-2000 reports have been found
and there are no post-2000 records (including two that were listed as target species),
and some recent 2022 gains have been added.
Since 2000 there has been a big increase in the amount of moth-recording in the county (*), resulting in the addition of a number of species to the county list. Some of these gains really are new residents, no doubt some have been resident for much longer but without being recorded before 2000, and some are migrants or adventives not previously recorded here. At least one 'gain' has resulted from the checklist addition of a species previously regarded as the same as another resident species. NB The lists below are subject to occasional revision to apply corrections and updates based on additional records and reports. Some as yet unmapped records/reports have been taken into account, so there can be an earlier gain year than the years recorded shown on the distribution maps, and species gains for which there are no species maps yet. (*) This list is for Gloucestershire in the widest sense, including parts of VC33 (East Gloucestershire) and VC34 (West Gloucestershire) which are not in the present-day county of Gloucestershire, and also including those parts of present-day Gloucestershire which are in vice-counties adjacent to VC33/34.
In spite of the increased recording, a number of species previously recorded or reported from the county have not been found here since 2000. Some of these are significant losses of resident species (unless they are re-found which sometimes happens a very long time after the previous record, more than 100 years in some cases). Others, migrants or adventives rather than former residents, are of less significance but are included here.
Species with no pre-2000 records in the tetrad-mapping database but with one or more very old or more recent pre-2000 reports were mostly identified from Roger Gaunt's privately-published lists: "Gloucestershire Moths An Account" (2000) and "Gloucestershire Moths A Second Account" (2006). Initially a small number of additional pre-2000 Gloucestershire species were identified from various other sources, with more being found by searching old books and journals at a later date. For all such species, the presence of post-2000 dots and the absence of pre-2000 dots on their tetrad distribution maps does not mean that they are post-2000 gains to the county list.
It should be noted that a few of the 'losses' could be the result of misidentifications, particularly for some of the historical records. A few historical records were long ago regarded as unconfirmed but the species has been found here since 2000; such 'gains' have not been included. The UK checklist addition of a species found in Glos. in recent years, Delplanqueia inscriptella, and almost certainly previously recorded here incorrectly as Delplanqueia dilutella, is not treated as a gain of D. inscriptella (nor as a loss of D. dilutella).
Apparent gains can occur when DNA analysis reveals what had previously been regarded as a single species to be a complex of two (or more) similar-looking species, if these are separable by dissection of the adult, by larval foodplant or by some other detectable property such as egg placement. Historical records of the 'species' could refer to either. Such 'gains' listed below include 4.0351 Stigmella sp. (as yet unnamed), split from 4.035 S. salicis which is also present in the county. Another is 36.0019 Batrachedra confusella, split from 36.002 B. pinicolella for which there are two historical records, so that species may be lost if the specimens really were B. pinicolella. With B. pinicolella having Nb UK status, it is assumed here that this now applies to both species (though in theory either or both could turn out to be scarcer than Nb). The 2011 specimen of B. confusella was identified after that species was described in 2022.
Target species are those to look out for in Gloucestershire/VC33/VC34 because although there are no records of them in our database or in various historical lists, these species are known to have been recorded in one or more adjacent counties and apparently suitable habitat is present here. A list of selected target micro-moth species follows the gains and losses tables. It may be incomplete because some species are spreading across the country and may only have reached a neighbouring county in recent years, and the list has been compiled manually so there are probably some accidental omissions. Only potentially resident species are listed. Apart from some recent colonists, adventives and migrants are excluded, as are some UK resident species whose larval foodplants are present in Gloucestershire but only in small areas/quantities. Macro-moth targets have not been listed because most macro-moth recording is by light-trapping, whereas many of the micro-moths (or their early stages) need to be searched for during the daytime.
Of course, UK resident species in the losses tables are also targets for re-finding in the county. A number of suspected losses have been re-found in recent years, sometimes more than 100 years after the previous record.
Nomenclature and ordering follows the Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles (Agassiz, Beavan and Heckford, 2013, with subsequent additions and amendments) in which only scientific names are used for most of the micro-moths. For those without common names in the ABH list the names in brackets are from another source.
UK national status data for our resident macro-moths was updated in 2019 and published in the Atlas of Britain and Ireland's Larger Moths; this uses IUCN regional Red List categories. The status of micro-moths was updated in January 2012 in Butterfly Conservation Report No. S12-02, which uses earlier Red Data Book and Scarce categories. In the list below Rare, Scarce (A) & Scarce (B) ratings have been included for macros based on the recorded number of 10Km squares in 2000-2016: up to 15, 16-30 and 31-100 respectively.
184 species first recorded since 2000
| Year | ABH No. | Scientific name | Common name | UK Status |
| Gained 2023 | 35.032 | Pexicopia malvella | (Hollyhock Seed Moth) | Nb |
| Gained | 35.059 | Metzneria aprilella | (Brilliant Neb) | Nb |
| Gained | 62.022 | Pempelia genistella | (Gorse Knot-horn) | Nb |
| Gained | 70.186 | Eupithecia millefoliata | Yarrow Pug | LC |
| Gained | 73.021 | Syngrapha interrogationis | Scarce Silver Y | LC |
| Gained 2022 | 12.023 | Triaxomasia caprimulgella | (Small Timber Clothes Moth) | pRDB1 |
| Gained | 15.0131 | Caloptilia honoratella | () | |
| Gained | 21.002 | Lyonetia prunifoliella | (Striped Bent-wing) | pRDB1 |
| Gained | 28.003 | Schiffermuelleria grandis | (Silver-streaked Tubic) | pRDB2 |
| Gained | 34.009 | Cosmopterix pulchrimella | (Pellitory Cosmet) | Na |
| Gained | 35.118 | Scrobipalpa ocellatella | Beet Moth | Nb |
| Gained | 37.077 | Coleophora lassella | (Toad-rush Case-bearer) | Nb |
| Gained | 49.364 | Pammene suspectana | (Ash-bark Piercer) | pRDB2 |
| Gained | 51.0001 | Paysandisia archon | Palm Moth | Adventive |
| Gained | 63.039 | Mecyna flavalis | (Yellow Pearl) | pRDB3 |
| Gained | 70.033 | Cyclophora puppillaria | Blair's Mocha | LC |
| Gained 2021 | 4.081 | Zimmermannia amani | (Elm-bark Pigmy) | pRDB1 |
| Gained | 16.011 | Zelleria oleastrella | (Olive Ermine) | Migrant |
| Gained | 34.008 | Cosmopterix scribaiella | (New Marsh Cosmet) | Na |
| Gained | 37.017 | Coleophora prunifoliae | (New Sloe Case-bearer) | Nb |
| Gained | 63.047 | Spoladea recurvalis | (Maize Moth) | Migrant |
| Gained | 63.059 | Evergestis limbata | (Dark Bordered Pearl) | Nb |
| Gained | 73.330 | Ochropleura leucogaster | Radford's Flame Shoulder | Scarce (A) Migrant |
| Gained 2020 | 28.023 | Harpella forficella | (Striped Tubic) | Adventive |
| Gained | 37.090 | Coleophora artemisicolella | (Mugwort Case-bearer) | Local |
| Gained | 72.006 | Hypena obsitalis | Bloxworth Snout | LC Scarce (B) |
| Gained | 72.074 | Eublemma purpurina | Beautiful Marbled | Scarce (B) Migrant |
| Gained 2019 | 4.083 | Ectoedemia hannoverella | (New Poplar Pigmy) | pRDB3 |
| Gained | 15.093 | Phyllocnistis xenia | (Kent Bent-wing) | Nb |
| Gained | 34.005 | Cosmopterix zieglerella | (Hedge Cosmet) | Nb |
| Gained | 35.0191 | Anarsia innoxiella | (Acer Sober) | Unknown |
| Gained | 41.005 | Blastobasis rebeli | (Marsh Dowd) | Adventive |
| Gained | 47.002 | Phaulernis dentella | (Scale-tooth Lance-wing) | Na |
| Gained | 62.010 | Elegia similella | (White-barred Knot-horn) | Nb |
| Gained | 62.025 | Dioryctria sylvestrella | (New Pine Knot-horn) | Nb |
| Gained | 73.082 | Cryphia algae | Tree-lichen Beauty | LC |
| Gained 2018 | 4.044 | Stigmella continuella | (Double-barred Pigmy) | Local |
| Gained | 71.001 | Thaumetopoea processionea | Oak Processionary | Scarce (B) Migrant colonist |
| Gained | 73.093 | Caradrina kadenii | Clancy's Rustic | LC |
| Gained | 73.137 | Arenostola phragmitidis | Fen Wainscot | LC |
| Gained 2017 | 4.073 | Bohemannia auriciliella | (Gold-fringed Pigmy) | pRDB1 |
| Gained | 22.0041 | Prays citri | (Citrus Ermel) | Adventive |
| Gained | 49.067 | Acleris abietana | (Perth Button) | Na |
| Gained | 49.350 | Grapholita caecana | (Sainfoin Piercer) | pRDB3 |
| Gained | 52.007 | Synanthedon culiciformis | Large Red-belted Clearwing | LC Scarce (B) |
| Gained | 62.020 | Etiella zinckenella | (Legume Knot-horn) | Migrant |
| Gained | 63.042 | Diplopseustis perieresalis | (Eastern Black Tabby) | Migrant |
| Gained | 73.059 | Calophasia lunula | Toadflax Brocade | LC |
| Gained | 73.223 | Dryobota labecula | Oak Rustic | LC Scarce (B) |
| Gained | 73.300 | Mythimna l-album | L-album Wainscot | LC |
| Gained 2016 | 4.0351 | Stigmella sp. (as yet unnamed) | () | |
| Gained | 70.3075 | Microloxia herbaria | Herb Emerald | Rare Migrant |
| Gained | 73.106 | Trachea atriplicis | Orache Moth | RE Scarce (B) Migrant |
| Gained 2015 | 4.084 | Ectoedemia turbidella | (Grey-poplar Pigmy) | pRDB3 |
| Gained | 15.0931 | Phyllocnistis citrella | (Citrus Leaf-miner) | Adventive |
| Gained | 35.098 | Gelechia scotinella | (Thicket Groundling) | pRDB2 |
| Gained | 49.268 | Eucosma parvulana | (Saw-wort Bell) | Unknown |
| Gained | 70.102 | Coenotephria salicata | Striped Twin-spot Carpet | LC |
| Gained 2014 | 11.005 | Dahlica lichenella | Lichen Case-bearer | Na |
| Gained | 37.082 | Coleophora asteris | (Sea-aster Case-bearer) | Na |
| Gained | 38.028 | Elachista alpinella | (Marsh Dwarf) | Nb |
| Gained | 38.045 | Elachista utonella | (Bog Dwarf) | Nb |
| Gained | 49.033 | Aphelia viburnana | Bilberry Tortrix | Common |
| Gained | 49.169 | Celypha aurofasciana | (Moss Marble) | Na |
| Gained | 62.039 | Apomyelois bistriatella | (Heath Knot-horn) | Nb |
| Gained | 72.030 | Euplagia quadripunctaria | Jersey Tiger | LC |
| Gained | 72.076 | Catocala fraxini | Clifden Nonpareil | LC |
| Gained | 73.347 | Noctua janthina | Langmaid's Yellow Underwing | LC Scarce (B) |
| Gained | 74.002 | Meganola albula | Kent Black Arches | LC |
| Gained 2013 | 5.001 | Opostega salaciella | (Sorrel Bent-wing) | Local |
| Gained | 20.007 | Argyresthia cupressella | Cypress Tip Moth | Local |
| Gained | 22.004 | Prays oleae | (Small Olive Ermel) | Adventive |
| Gained | 35.129 | Caryocolum viscariella | (Campion Groundling) | Nb |
| Gained | 40.006 | Mompha jurassicella | (Scarce Mompha) | Na |
| Gained | 47.004 | Epermenia aequidentellus | (Carrot Lance-wing) | Na |
| Gained | 49.003 | Sparganothis pilleriana | (Long-nosed Tortrix) | Na |
| Gained | 49.032 | Zelotherses unitana | (Northern Grey Tortrix) | Na |
| Gained | 49.3445 | Thaumatotibia leucotreta | False Codling Moth | Adventive |
| Gained | 63.0609 | Noorda moringae | (Drumstick Pearl) | Adventive |
| Gained | 70.154 | Eupithecia pygmaeata | Marsh Pug | LC |
| Gained 2012 | 4.064 | Glaucolepis headleyella | (Self-heal Pigmy) | pRDB2 |
| Gained | 4.088 | Ectoedemia heringella | (New Holm-Oak Pigmy) | Nb |
| Gained | 22.003 | Prays ruficeps | (Dark Ash-bud Moth) | Common |
| Gained | 28.008 | Metalampra italica | (Italian Tubic) | Migrant |
| Gained | 37.081 | Coleophora therinella | (Black-bindweed Case-bearer) | Nb |
| Gained | 38.049 | Elachista stabilella | (Southern Dwarf) | Nb |
| Gained | 39.006 | Chrysoclista lathamella | (Orange-blotch Cosmet) | pRDB2 |
| Gained | 47.003 | Epermenia insecurella | (Chalk-hill Lance-wing) | BAP pRDB2 |
| Gained | 49.053 | Cnephasia pumicana | Cereal Tortrix | Local |
| Gained | 49.212 | Ancylis apicella | (Hook-tipped Roller) | Nb |
| Gained | 49.355 | Grapholita lathyrana | (Greenweed Piercer) | pRDB1 |
| Gained | 49.378 | Pammene ochsenheimeriana | (Black-patch Piercer) | pRDB2 |
| Gained | 70.139 | Martania taeniata | Barred Carpet | LC Scarce (B) |
| Gained | 72.0252 | Antichloris viridis | Satin Stowaway | Adventive |
| Gained | 73.083 | Bryophila raptricula | Marbled Grey | Rare Migrant |
| Gained 2011 | 15.087 | Phyllonorycter comparella | (Winter Poplar Midget) | Na |
| Gained | 36.0019 | Batrachedra confusella | () | Nb |
| Gained | 37.108 | Coleophora salicorniae | (Glasswort Case-bearer) | Nb |
| Gained | 38.034 | Elachista orstadii | (Scotch Dwarf) | pRDB3 |
| Gained | 45.027 | Oxyptilus laetus | Scarce Light Plume | Migrant |
| Gained | 48.005 | Tebenna micalis | (Vagrant Metal-mark) | Migrant |
| Gained | 70.017 | Idaea degeneraria | Portland Ribbon Wave | LC Scarce (B) |
| Gained 2010 | 35.127 | Tuta absoluta | (Tomato Leaf-miner) | Adventive |
| Gained | 49.086 | Acleris logiana | (Grey Birch Button) | Local |
| Gained | 49.211 | Ancylis myrtillana | (Bilberry Roller) | Local |
| Gained | 63.046 | Duponchelia fovealis | (Dark Marbled Tabby) | Migrant |
| Gained 2009 | 4.063 | Stigmella roborella | (Common Oak Pigmy) | Common |
| Gained | 15.007 | Caloptilia azaleella | Azalea Leaf Miner | Local |
| Gained | 35.064 | Argolamprotes micella | (Bright Neb) | Nb |
| Gained | 35.099 | Gelechia senticetella | (Cypress Groundling) | Nb |
| Gained | 37.019 | Coleophora trigeminella | (Scarce Thorn Case-bearer) | Na |
| Gained | 49.020 | Argyrotaenia ljungiana | (Heather Tortrix) | Common |
| Gained | 49.138 | Neocochylis molliculana | (Ox-tongue Conch) | Local |
| Gained | 63.054 | Cydalima perspectalis | (Box-tree Moth) | Adventive |
| Gained | 70.217 | Macaria brunneata | Rannoch Looper | LC |
| Gained 2008 | 4.036 | Stigmella myrtillella | (Bilberry Pigmy) | Local |
| Gained | 4.072 | Bohemannia quadrimaculella | (Four-spot Pigmy) | Nb |
| Gained | 4.096 | Ectoedemia arcuatella | (Strawberry Pigmy) | Na |
| Gained | 37.034 | Coleophora frischella | (White-clover Case-bearer) | Nb |
| Gained | 49.366 | Pammene obscurana | (Obscure Birch Piercer) | Na |
| Gained | 49.365 | Pammene albuginana | (Blotched Piercer) | Local |
| Gained | 49.356 | Grapholita lobarzewskii | (Kent Fruit Piercer) | Na |
| Gained 2007 | 4.079 | Zimmermannia atrifrontella | (Oak-bark Pigmy) | Unknown |
| Gained | 15.011 | Caloptilia falconipennella | (Scarce Alder Slender) | Nb |
| Gained | 49.054 | Cnephasia genitalana | (Dover Shade) | Local |
| Gained | 49.082 | Acleris hyemana | (Heath Button) | Local |
| Gained | 63.100 | Catoptria margaritella | (Pearl-band Grass Veneer) | Local |
| Gained | 70.083 | Thera cupressata | Cypress Carpet | LC |
| Gained 2006 | 4.024 | Stigmella magdalenae | (Northern Rowan Pigmy) | Local |
| Gained | 4.040 | Stigmella assimilella | (Aspen Pigmy) | Local |
| Gained | 7.004 | Nemophora fasciella | (Horehound Long-horn) | BAP Na |
| Gained | 9.006 | Lampronia fuscatella | (Scarce Bright) | Nb |
| Gained | 35.105 | Gelechia nigra | (Black Groundling) | Na |
| Gained | 49.329 | Cydia illutana | (Larch Piercer) | pRDB3 |
| Gained | 49.361 | Pammene ignorata | (Devon Piercer) | pRDB2 |
| Gained | 69.007 | Sphinx pinastri | Pine Hawk-moth | LC |
| Gained 2005 | 2.002 | Paracrania chrysolepidella | (Small Hazel Purple) | Local |
| Gained | 4.049 | Stigmella aeneofasciella | (Brassy Pigmy) | Nb |
| Gained | 15.089 | Cameraria ohridella | (Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner) | Common |
| Gained | 28.005 | Denisia albimaculea | (Pied Tubic) | pRDB3 |
| Gained | 35.140 | Caryocolum kroesmanniella | (Scarce Groundling) | pRDB1 |
| Gained | 49.206 | Ancylis upupana | (Dark Roller) | Nb |
| Gained | 49.330 | Cydia conicolana | (Pine-cone Piercer) | Nb |
| Gained 2004 | 4.062 | Stigmella samiatella | (Chestnut Pigmy) | Local |
| Gained | 16.008 | Yponomeuta sedella | (Grey Ermine) | Local |
| Gained | 28.024 | Tachystola acroxantha | (Ruddy Streak) | Local |
| Gained | 35.023 | Dichomeris ustalella | (Worcester Crest) | pRDB1 |
| Gained | 38.024 | Elachista poae | (Sweet-grass Dwarf) | Nb |
| Gained | 45.002 | Agdistis meridionalis | Cliff Plume | Na |
| Gained | 49.261 | Crocidosema plebejana | (Southern Bell) | Local |
| Gained | 49.343 | Cydia amplana | (Vagrant Piercer) | Migrant |
| Gained | 73.304 | Leucania loreyi | Cosmopolitan | Migrant |
| Gained | 73.297 | Mythimna albipuncta | White-point | LC |
| Gained 2003 | 2.005 | Eriocrania salopiella | (Small Birch Purple) | Local |
| Gained | 4.058 | Stigmella basiguttella | (Base-spotted Pigmy) | Common |
| Gained | 4.091 | Ectoedemia heringi | (White-spot Pigmy) | Local |
| Gained | 12.035 | Niditinea striolella | (Brindled Clothes Moth) | Nb |
| Gained | 16.018 | Swammerdamia compunctella | (Rowan Ermine) | Na |
| Gained | 28.027 | Aplota palpellus | (Scarce Brown Streak) | BAP pRDB2 |
| Gained | 35.073 | Monochroa palustrellus | (Wainscot Neb) | Nb |
| Gained | 48.003 | Prochoreutis sehestediana | (Silver-dot Metal-mark) | Nb |
| Gained | 49.351 | Grapholita lunulana | (Northern Cresent Piercer) | Nb |
| Gained | 73.023 | Plusia putnami | Lempke's Gold Spot | LC |
| Gained | 73.257 | Anarta myrtilli | Beautiful Yellow Underwing | LC |
| Gained 2002 | 20.005 | Argyresthia trifasciata | (Triple-barred Argent) | Local |
| Gained | 35.053 | Isophrictis striatella | (White-border Neb) | Nb |
| Gained | 40.007 | Mompha bradleyi | (New Neat Mompha) | Nb |
| Gained | 49.141 | Falseuncaria degreyana | (Breckland Conch) | pRDB2 |
| Gained | 49.272 | Eucosma tripoliana | (Saltmarsh Bell) | Local |
| Gained | 49.275 | Eucosma conterminana | (Pale Lettuce Bell) | Local |
| Gained | 63.044 | Diasemiopsis ramburialis | (Vagrant China-mark) | Migrant |
| Gained 2001 | 15.041 | Phyllonorycter platani | (London Midget) | Local |
| Gained | 49.229 | Epinotia caprana | (Large Sallow Bell) | Local |
| Gained | 49.301 | Retinia resinella | Pine Resin-gall Moth | Na |
| Gained | 73.061 | Stilbia anomala | Anomalous | BAP(R) VU |
| Gained | 73.302 | Leucania obsoleta | Obscure Wainscot | LC |
| Gained | 73.324 | Agrotis trux | Crescent Dart | LC |
| Gained | 73.356 | Xestia agathina | Heath Rustic | BAP(R) LC |
| Gained | 74.012 | Earias insulana | Egyptian Bollworm | Rare Adventive |
| Gained 2000 | 4.017 | Stigmella centifoliella | (Narrow-barred Pigmy) | Local |
| Gained | 15.017 | Calybites phasianipennella | (Little Slender) | Local |
| Gained | 19.011 | Acrolepiopsis assectella | Leek Moth | Local |
| Gained | 49.220 | Rhopobota myrtillana | (Bilberry Bell) | Nb |
| Gained | 69.0041 | Agrius cingulata | Pink-spotted Hawk-moth | Adventive |
Losses (unless/until they are re-found), 133 species in total
but some are migrants or adventives rather than possible former residents:
92 species with last known year before 2000
* indicates approximate year from publication date
| Year | ABH No. | Scientific name | Common name | UK Status |
| Lost ? 1999 | 49.008 | Philedone gerningana | (Cinquefoil Tortrix) | Local |
| Lost ? | 62.014 | Pempeliella ornatella | (Ornate Knot-horn) | pRDB1 |
| Lost ? | 62.053 | Ancylosis oblitella | (Saltmarsh Knot-horn) | Nb |
| Lost ? | 70.050 | Xanthorhoe biriviata | Balsam Carpet | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? | 70.056 | Catarhoe cuculata | Royal Mantle | LC |
| 72.072 | Eublemma ostrina | Purple Marbled | Migrant | |
| Lost ? | 73.026 | Deltote uncula | Silver Hook | LC |
| Lost ? 1998 | 45.009 | Gillmeria ochrodactyla | Tansy Plume | Nb |
| Lost ? | 50.001 | Cossus cossus | Goat Moth | BAP LC |
| Lost ? 1997 | 7.007 | Adela cuprella | (Early Long-horn) | Local |
| Lost ? | 15.059 | Phyllonorycter cavella | (Gold Birch Midget) | Local |
| Lost ? | 15.077 | Phyllonorycter scabiosella | (Surrey Midget) | BAP pRDB2 |
| Lost ? | 16.023 | Ocnerostoma piniariella | (White Pine Ermine) | Nb |
| Lost ? | 19.004 | Glyphipterix equitella | (Stonecrop Fanner) | pRDB3 |
| Lost ? | 35.120 | Scrobipalpa artemisiella | Thyme Moth | Nb |
| Lost ? 1996 | 29.003 | Dasystoma salicella | (Spring Tubic) | Nb |
| Lost ? | 73.259 | Polia bombycina | Pale Shining Brown | BAP EN Rare |
| Lost ? 1995 | 12.025 | Trichophaga tapetzella | Tapestry Moth | pRDB3 |
| Lost ? | 70.035 | Cyclophora porata | False Mocha | BAP LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? 1994 | 49.207 | Ancylis geminana | (Festooned Roller) | Local |
| Lost ? 1993 | 49.018 | Choristoneura hebenstreitella | (Great Tortrix) | Local |
| Lost ? 1989 | 71.028 | Clostera pigra | Small Chocolate-tip | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? | 73.277 | Sideridis reticulata | Bordered Gothic | BAP CR(PE) Rare |
| Lost ? 1988 | 70.170 | Eupithecia irriguata | Marbled Pug | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? 1986 | 49.148 | Apotomis lineana | (Willow Marble) | Nb |
| Lost ? | 73.055 | Cucullia asteris | Star-wort | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? 1984 | 12.014 | Nemaxera betulinella | (Gold-speckled Clothes Moth) | Nb |
| 63.1173 | Parapoynx crisonalis | (Pale Asian China-mark) | Adventive | |
| Lost ? 1976 | 15.068 | Phyllonorycter distentella | (Scarce Midget) | pRDB2 |
| Lost ? | 73.143 | Oria musculosa | Brighton Wainscot | BAP CR(PE) Rare |
| Lost ? | 73.322 | Agrotis vestigialis | Archer's Dart | LC |
| Lost ? 1975 | 73.118 | Celaena haworthii | Haworth's Minor | BAP(R) LC |
| 1973 | 35.034 | Sitotroga cerealella | Angoumois Grain Moth | Adventive |
| Lost ? 1971 | 38.040 | Elachista trapeziella | (Scarce Dwarf) | Na |
| Lost ? | 70.026 | Scopula ternata | Smoky Wave | LC |
| Lost ? 1969 | 37.004 | Coleophora albella | (Viviparous Case-bearer) | pRDB1 |
| Lost ? 1968 | 73.050 | Cucullia absinthii | Wormwood | LC |
| 73.310 | Dichagyris flammatra | Black Collar | Rare Migrant | |
| Lost ? 1967 | 70.032 | Cyclophora albipunctata | Birch Mocha | LC |
| Lost ? 1966 | 62.011 | Ortholepis betulae | (Birch Knot-horn) | Nb |
| Lost ? 1965 | 70.030 | Cyclophora pendularia | Dingy Mocha | BAP NT Scarce (A) |
| 1964 | 73.025 | Deltote deceptoria | Pretty Marbled | Rare Migrant |
| Lost ? | 73.211 | Enargia paleacea | Angle-striped Sallow | LC |
| Lost ? | 73.229 | Trigonophora flammea | Flame Brocade | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? | 73.289 | Mythimna pudorina | Striped Wainscot | LC |
| Lost ? 1963 | 35.139 | Caryocolum huebneri | (Hedge Groundling) | Extinct |
| Lost ? | 49.146 | Apotomis semifasciana | (Short-barred Marble) | Nb |
| Lost ? 1962 | 17.007 | Ypsolopha lucella | (Plain Smudge) | Na |
| Lost ? 1961 | 49.258 | Zeiraphera rufimitrana | (Red-headed Bell) | Na |
| 72.0273 | Lophocampa atomosa | () | Adventive | |
| Lost ? 1959 | 49.360 | Pammene splendidulana | (Drab Oak Piercer) | Nb |
| 1958 | 69.018 | Hippotion celerio | Silver-striped Hawk-moth | Scarce (B) Migrant |
| Lost ? 1955 | 36.002 | Batrachedra pinicolella | (Pine Cosmet) | Nb |
| 72.065 | Tathorhynchus exsiccata | Levant Blackneck | Rare Migrant | |
| Lost ? 1954 | 45.006 | Platyptilia isodactylus | Hoary Plume | Nb |
| Lost ? 1953 | 73.057 | Cucullia lychnitis | Striped Lychnis | BAP LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? 1952 | 73.031 | Tyta luctuosa | Four-spotted | BAP NT Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? | 73.072 | Heliothis viriplaca | Marbled Clover | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? 1942 | 73.199 | Jodia croceago | Orange Upperwing | BAP CR(PE) Rare |
| Lost ? 1941 | 12.046 | Oinophila v-flava | Yellow V Moth | pRDB2 |
| Lost ? 1939 | 28.006 | Denisia augustella | (Surrey Tubic) | Extinct |
| Lost ? | 49.232 | Epinotia maculana | (Dark Aspen Bell) | Nb |
| Lost ? 1938 | 32.022 | Agonopterix capreolella | (Fuscous Flat-body) | BAP pRDB1 |
| 1936 | 62.067 | Cadra cautella | Dried Currant Moth | Adventive |
| Lost ? 1935 | 12.029 | Tinea flavescentella | (Plain Clothes Moth) | pRDB2 |
| Lost ? | 35.041 | Bryotropha desertella | (Desert Neb) | Nb |
| Lost ? 1931 | 12.009 | Dryadaula pactolia | (Cellar Clothes Moth) | pRDB1 |
| Lost ? 1930 | 62.071 | Pyralis lienigialis | (Scarce Tabby) | pRDB2 |
| Lost ? 1927 | 49.036 | Clepsis rurinana | (Pale Tortrix) | pRDB1 |
| Lost ? 1926 | 20.013 | Argyresthia pygmaeella | (Sallow Argent) | Common |
| Lost ? | 35.062 | Psamathocrita osseella | (Grey Neb) | pRDB1 |
| Lost ? 1925 | 72.064 | Lygephila craccae | Scarce Blackneck | EN Rare |
| Lost ? 1924 | 38.012 | Elachista obliquella | (Wood Dwarf) | Nb |
| Lost ? 1922 | 43.001 | Scythris fallacella | (Bronze Owlet) | pRDB1 |
| Lost ? 1920 | 35.119 | Scrobipalpa samadensis | (Buck's-horn Groundling) | Nb |
| Lost ? 1917 | 49.104 | Gynnidomorpha luridana | (Bank Conch) | Na |
| Lost ? 1912 | 35.083 | Xystophora pulveratella | (Scotch Groundling) | pRDB2 |
| 1909 | 70.0042 | Idaea inquinata | Rusty Wave | Adventive |
| 1907 | 73.203 | Lithophane furcifera | Conformist | RE Rare Migrant |
| Lost ? 1905 | 32.043 | Depressaria sordidatella | (Chervil Flat-body) | Nb |
| 73.041 | Acronicta strigosa | Marsh Dagger | RE Rare Migrant | |
| Lost ? 1904 | 73.067 | Meganephria bimaculosa | Double-spot Brocade | Uncertain |
| 1900 | 73.0895 | Spodoptera ornithogalli | Yellow-striped Armyworm | Adventive |
| Lost ? 1898 | * 49.100 | Phalonidia curvistrigana | (Golden-rod Conch) | pRDB2 |
| Lost ? | * 63.023 | Anania verbascalis | (Golden Pearl) | Nb |
| 69.013 | Hyles euphorbiae | Spurge Hawk-moth | Scarce (A) Migrant | |
| Lost ? 1895 | 73.184 | Cirrhia ocellaris | Pale-lemon Sallow | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? 1894 | 49.130 | Cochylidia subroseana | (Dingy Roseate Conch) | pRDB2 |
| 1888 | 63.0532 | Syllepte vagans | (Leaden Pearl) | Adventive |
| Lost ? 1866 | 73.178 | Leucochlaena oditis | Beautiful Gothic | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? 1860 | * 70.129 | Anticollix sparsata | Dentated Pug | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? 1852 | 70.291 | Siona lineata | Black-veined Moth | BAP CR Rare |
| - - - - - - - - - | ABH No. | Scientific name | Common name | UK Status |
| Lost ? | 4.070 | Trifurcula squamatella | (Lost Broom Pigmy) | pRDB1 |
| Lost ? | 11.004 | Dahlica inconspicuella | Lesser Lichen Case-bearer | Na |
| Lost ? | 12.002 | Tenaga nigripunctella | (Black-spot Clothes Moth) | Extinct |
| 12.043 | Haplotinea ditella | (Scarce Drab Clothes Moth) | Adventive | |
| Lost ? | 20.003 | Argyresthia praecocella | (Ochreous Argent) | pRDB3 |
| Lost ? | 28.011 | Borkhausenia minutella | (Thatch Tubic) | pRDB1 |
| Lost ? | 32.028 | Agonopterix pallorella | (Pale Flat-body) | Nb |
| Lost ? | 32.049 | Depressaria discipunctella | (Scarce Flat-body) | Extinct |
| Lost ? | 37.054 | Coleophora currucipennella | (Scarce Wood Case-bearer) | pRDB3 |
| Lost ? | 37.059 | Coleophora vibicella | (Large Gold Case-bearer) | BAP pRDB2 |
| Lost ? | 37.109 | Coleophora wockeella | (Betony Case-bearer) | BAP pRDB1 |
| Lost ? | 38.006 | Elachista collitella | (Pembroke Dwarf) | pRDB1 |
| Lost ? | 43.003 | Scythris fuscoaenea | (Brassy Owlet) | Extinct |
| Lost ? | 45.024 | Oxyptilus pilosellae | Downland Plume | Extinct |
| Lost ? | 49.011 | Archips oporana | (Pine Tortrix) | Na |
| Lost ? | 49.116 | Aethes williana | (Silver Carrot Conch) | Nb |
| Lost ? | 49.140 | Brevicornutia pallidana | (Sheep's-bit Conch) | Na |
| Lost ? | 49.189 | Endothenia pullana | (Woundwort Marble) | Na |
| Lost ? | 49.241 | Epinotia crenana | (Highland Bell) | pRDB2 |
| Lost ? | 54.001 | Jordanita globulariae | Scarce Forester | NT Rare |
| Lost ? | 62.002 | Lamoria zelleri | (Twin-spot Honey Moth) | Na |
| Lost ? | 62.023 | Pempelia palumbella | (Heather Knot-horn) | Local |
| Lost ? | 62.056 | Homoeosoma nimbella | (Scarce Clouded Knot-horn) | pRDB2 |
| 63.043 | Diasemia reticularis | (Lettered China-mark) | Migrant | |
| Lost ? | 70.002 | Idaea muricata | Purple-bordered Gold | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? | 70.072 | Entephria caesiata | Grey Mountain Carpet | BAP(R) LC |
| Lost ? | 70.266 | Alcis jubata | Dotted Carpet | LC |
| Lost ? | 70.293 | Aspitates gilvaria | Straw Belle | BAP EN Rare |
| Lost ? | 70.295 | Perconia strigillaria | Grass Wave | LC |
| Lost ? | 72.016 | Dicallomera fascelina | Dark Tussock | LC |
| Lost ? | 72.018 | Orgyia recens | Scarce Vapourer | BAP EN Rare |
| Lost ? | 72.021 | Spilosoma urticae | Water Ermine | LC Scarce (B) |
| Lost ? | 72.060 | Hypenodes humidalis | Marsh Oblique-barred | LC |
| 73.056 | Cucullia scrophulariae | Water Betony | Rare Migrant | |
| Lost ? | 73.146 | Photedes captiuncula | Least Minor | EN Scarce (A) |
| Lost ? | 73.218 | Dicycla oo | Heart Moth | BAP NT Rare |
| Lost ? | 73.234 | Dasypolia templi | Brindled Ochre | BAP(R) NT |
| Lost ? | 73.299 | Mythimna litoralis | Shore Wainscot | LC |
| Lost ? | 73.341 | Standfussiana lucernea | Northern Rustic | LC |
| Lost ? | 73.366 | Eugnorisma depuncta | Plain Clay | LC |
| Lost ? | 74.001 | Meganola strigula | Small Black Arches | LC Scarce (B) |
Targets: micro-moth species to look for in Gloucestershire
Links are to the species entries on the UK Moths website. Links to those species for which the scientific names have been changed
in amendments to the checklist will not work if the changes have only been applied in one place (here or on UK Moths).
The list of adjacent counties with records is derived from several sources including online maps for Herefordshire,
Worcestershire and Wiltshire, from the scanned manuscript Vice-county maps on the Butterfly Conservation website, from the annual
Microlepidoptera Reviews published in The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, from The Moths and Butterflies of
Great Britain and Ireland (MBGBI) and from the Gelechiid recording scheme. The list is probably incomplete and may contain
some incorrect entries. Monmouthshire is indicated for records from VC35.
Whilst many records shown on VC maps and used here are historical rather than from recent decades, it is possible for a micro-moth to persist unnoticed for many years before it is re-found, particularly if adults of the species are not attracted to light traps. NB Some quite old reports are not shown on more recent maps of records. Nearly all of these target species are nationally rare or scarce in the UK, but so too are some of the gains since 2000, and in some cases those were found as the result of deliberate searching. Prior to their discovery most of them would have been on such a target list, and it seems likely that some of the species below are present in Glos. but as yet unrecorded.
This target list was compiled in early 2022. Entries for species initially listed as targets and subsequently found in Gloucestershire (and earlier finds not known to me in early 2022) are changed to show this. If only a pre-2000 report is found, the species is added to the losses list and its row below is coloured to indicate this.
| Target ABH No. | Scientific name | Common name | UK Status | Typical larval food(s) in UK | Adjacent counties with records |
| Target 4.001 | Enteucha acetosae | (Sorrel Pigmy) | Na | Common & Sheep's sorrels | Somerset |
| Target 4.011 | Stigmella prunetorum | (Scarce Sloe Pigmy) | Nb | Cherries | Monmouthshire, Herefordshire |
| Target 4.028 | Stigmella minusculella | (Brown-tipped Pigmy) | pRDB1 | Pears | Herefordshire |
| Target 4.029 | Stigmella desperatella | (Scarce Apple Pigmy) | pRDB1 | Apple | Herefordshire records, but none for 100+ years |
| Target 4.033 | Stigmella carpinella | (Hornbeam Pigmy) | pRDB2 | Hornbeam | Worcestershire |
| Target 4.066 | Trifurcula eurema | (Field Lotus Pigmy) | pRDB3 | Bird's-foot trefoil | Wiltshire |
| Target 4.069 | Trifurcula beirnei | (Greenweed Pigmy) | pRDB1 | Dyer's greenweed | Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 4.093 | Ectoedemia agrimoniae | (Agrimony Pigmy) | pRDB3 | Agrimony | Berkshire |
| Target 7.011 | Nematopogon pilella | (Pale Brown Long-horn) | Na | Bilberry? | Monmouthshire, Herefordshire |
| Target 9.005 | Lampronia flavimitrella | (Bramble Bright) | pRDB3 | Bramble | Wiltshire |
| Target 11.003 | Dahlica triquetrella | (Narrow Lichen Bagworm) | pRDB2 | Lichens, Moss, decaying detritus | Berkshire |
| Target 11.010 | Bacotia claustrella | (Shining Bagworm) | pRDB3 | Lichens | Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 11.011 | Proutia betulina | (Birch Bagworm) | pRDB3 | ? (Lichens, Grasses, leaves, bark, Pine-cones?) | Worcestershire |
| Target 11.016 | Acanthopsyche atra | (Dusky Bagworm) | pRDB3 | Grasses, Heather, Heaths, Sallow | Berkshire |
| Target 11.018 | Sterrhopterix fusca | (Scarce Brown Bagworm) | pRDB1 | Grasses, Heather, Heaths, trees & shrubs | Warwickshire. (Herefordshire old records, now thought extinct) |
| Target 12.022 | Nemapogon picarella | (Pied Clothes Moth) | BAP pRDB1 | Bracket fungi (Piptoporus betulinus) | Monmouthshire |
| Target 12.023 | Triaxomasia caprimulgella | (Small Timber Clothes Moth) | pRDB1 | Scavenger on insect remains in spider webs on trees | Herefordshire, Warwickshire Found in Glos. 2022 |
| Target 12.040 | Monopis imella | (Felt Clothes Moth) | Nb | Scavenger on animal refuse | Berkshire, Warwickshire |
| Target 12.042 | Monopis fenestratella | (Brown Timber Clothes Moth) | pRDB2 | Scavenger in nests of birds, bees & wasps | Warwickshire |
| Target 15.021 | Leucospilapteryx omissella | (Mugwort Slender) | Nb | Mugwort | Wiltshire |
| Target 15.024 | Parornix loganella | (Northern Slender) | Nb | Birch | Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 15.027 | Parornix carpinella | (Hornbeam Slender) | Na | Hornbeam | Wiltshire, Berkshire |
| Target 15.038 | Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella | (Scarce Oak Midget) | pRDB3 | Oak | Wiltshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 15.055 | Phyllonorycter viminetorum | (Osier Midget) | Na | Osier | Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 15.069 | Phyllonorycter anderidae | (Small Birch Midget) | Nb | Birch seedlings | Berkshire, Warwickshire |
| Target 15.0862 | Phyllonorycter pastorella | (Royal Midget) | Unknown | Willows (Crack, Weeping) | Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 15.091 | Phyllocnistis ramulicola | (New Sallow Bent-wing) | Na | Sallows & Willows, Aspen | Wiltshire, Berkshire |
| Target 16.006 | Yponomeuta irrorella | (Scarce Ermine) | pRDB2 | Spindle | Wiltshire, Berkshire |
| Target 19.008 | Glyphipterix schoenicolella | (Bog-rush Fanner) | Na | Black bog-rush, Toad rush, Sea club-rush, Sedges? | Wiltshire, Berkshire |
| Target 20.008 | Argyresthia abdominalis | (Downland Argent) | pRDB2 | Juniper | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 20.009 | Argyresthia aurulentella | (Gold Juniper Argent) | pRDB3 | Juniper | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire |
| Target 21.002 | Lyonetia prunifoliella | (Striped Bent-wing) | pRDB1 | Rosaceous trees & bushes, Birch | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire Found in Glos. 2022 |
| Target 21.003 | Leucoptera lotella | (Little Bent-wing) | Na | Bird's-foot trefoil | Wiltshire |
| Target 26.001 | Tinagma ocnerostomella | (Bugloss Spear-wing) | Nb | Viper's bugloss | Wiltshire |
| Target 27.002 | Oegoconia caradjai | (Straw Obscure) | Nb | Leaf-litter, stems | Somerset, Berkshire |
| Target 28.003 | Schiffermuelleria grandis | (Silver-streaked Tubic) | pRDB2 | Decayed wood, Under bark | Worcestershire. Found in Glos. 2022 |
| Target 28.004 | Denisia similella | (Northern Tubic) | Nb | Fungi, dead wood | Herefordshire |
| Target 28.007 | Denisia subaquilea | (Heath Tubic) | Nb | Decaying leaves of Bilberry | Somerset, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire |
| Target 28.016 | Batia internella | (New Tawny Tubic) | pRDB1 | Lichens on conifer trunks | Herefordshire |
| Target 28.025 | Pleurota bicostella | (Light Streak) | Local | Heath (Erica) | Wiltshire, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 30.004 | Amphisbatis incongruella | (Ling Tubic) | Na | Thyme, Heather (Calluna) | Worcestershire |
| Target 32.006 | Exaeretia allisella | (Mugwort Flat-body) | Na | Mugwort | Worcestershire |
| Target 32.013 | Agonopterix carduella | (Thistle Flat-body) | Nb | Thistles, Burdocks, Common knapweed | Herefordshire |
| Target 32.020 | Agonopterix curvipunctosa | (Powdered Flat-body) | pRDB3 | Chervils, Cow parsley, (other Umbellifers) | Somerset, Berkshire |
| Target 32.027 | Agonopterix bipunctosa | (Twin-spot Flat-body) | Na | Saw-wort | Wiltshire |
| Target 33.002 | Ethmia quadrillella | (Comfrey Ermel) | Nb | Comfreys, Lungwort, Common gromwell, Wood forget-me-not | Somerset, Berkshire |
| Target 33.006 | Ethmia bipunctella | (Bordered Ermel) | Nb | Viper's bugloss, Comfreys, other Boraginaceae | Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 34.007 | Cosmopterix orichalcea | (Marsh Cosmet) | Na | Grasses in damp places | Wiltshire, Herefordshire |
| Target 34.009 | Cosmopterix pulchrimella | (Pellitory Cosmet) | Na | Pellitory-of-the-wall | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Monmouthshire. Found in VC34 2022 |
| Target 34.010 | Cosmopterix lienigiella | (Fen Cosmet) | Nb | Common reed | Berkshire |
| Target 34.012 | Sorhagenia rhamniella | (August Cosmet) | Na | Alder buckthorn, (Buckthorn) | Wiltshire |
| Target 34.013 | Sorhagenia lophyrella | (Buckthorn Cosmet) | Na | Buckthorn, Alder Buckthorn | Wiltshire |
| Target 34.014 | Sorhagenia janiszewskae | (Wood Cosmet) | Na | Alder buckthorn | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 35.019 | Anarsia lineatella | Peach Twig Borer | Na | Plums, Cherries | Wiltshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 35.029 | Brachmia inornatella | (Fen Crest) | Na | Common reed | Warwickshire |
| Target 35.032 | Pexicopia malvella | Hollyhock Seed Moth | Nb | Hollyhock, Marsh-mallow | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Monmouthshire Found in Glos. 2023 |
| Target 35.033 | Platyedra subcinerea | (Mallow Crest) | Nb | Common mallow | Somerset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 35.048 | Bryotropha umbrosella | (Sandhill Neb) | Nb | Mosses on walls & coastal sandhills | Somerset |
| Target 35.059 | Metzneria aprilella | (Brilliant Neb) | Nb | Greater knapweed | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire Found in Glos. 2023 |
| Target 35.069 | Monochroa elongella | (Pembroke Neb) | pRDB1 | Silverweed | Wiltshire |
| Target 35.072 | Monochroa divisella | (Scarce Marsh Neb) | pRDB1 | Iris | Somerset |
| Target 35.075 | Monochroa arundinetella | (Sedge Neb) | pRDB1 | Greater & Lesser pond-sedges | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 35.076 | Monochroa suffusella | (Notch-wing Neb) | pRDB3 | Common cottongrass, other unknown | Wiltshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 35.077 | Monochroa hornigi | (Knotweed Neb) | Na | Knotweeds (Pale persicaria) | Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 35.079 | Oxypteryx wilkella | (Painted Neb) | Nb | Common mouse-ear | Somerset, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 35.086 | Athrips tetrapunctella | (Northern Groundling) | pRDB2 | Marsh pea, Bitter vetch | Wiltshire |
| Target 35.089 | Prolita sexpunctella | (Six-spot Groundling) | Nb | Heather (Calluna) | Herefordshire |
| Target 35.094 | Aroga velocella | (Dusky Groundling) | Local | Sheep's sorrel | Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 35.095 | Chionodes distinctella | (Eastern Groundling) | Na | Bird's-foot Trefoil, Sheep's sorrel | Somerset, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 35.096 | Chionodes fumatella | (Downland Groundling) | Nb | Mosses?, Bird's-foot trefoil? | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 35.103 | Gelechia cuneatella | (Long-winged Groundling) | pRDB1 | Willows (White, Crack) | Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 35.106 | Gelechia turpella | (Grand Groundling) | pRDB2 | Black & Lombardy poplars, Sallows? | Somerset, Wiltshire |
| Target 35.113 | Scrobipalpa salicorniae | (Sea-aster Groundling) | Na | Glasswort & associated plants | Somerset |
| Target 35.114 | Scrobipalpa instabilella | (Saltern Groundling) | Nb | Sea purslane & associated plants | Somerset |
| Target 35.118 | Scrobipalpa ocellatella | Beet Moth | Nb | Beets (Sea beet) | Somerset, Wiltshire. Found in Glos. 2022 |
| Target 35.128 | Caryocolum alsinella | (Narrow Groundling) | Na | Little mouse-ear | Somerset |
| Target 35.131 | Caryocolum marmorea | (Beautiful Groundling) | Nb | Common & Little mouse-ears | Somerset, Oxfordshire |
| Target 35.138 | Caryocolum junctella | (Confluent Groundling) | pRDB3 | Mouse-ears, Lesser stitchwort | Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 35.142 | Teleiodes wagae | (Hazel Groundling) | Na | Hazel, Birch, Sweet chestnut | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Monmouthshire |
| Target 35.144 | Teleiodes flavimaculella | (Chestnut Groundling) | pRDB1 | Sweet chestnut?, Oak? | Wiltshire |
| Target 35.154 | Xenolechia aethiops | (Moorland Groundling) | pRDB3 | Heath (Erica) | Somerset, Berkshire, Monmouthshire |
| Target 37.008 | Coleophora adjectella | (Southern Case-bearer) | pRDB2 | Blackthorn | Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 37.017 | Coleophora prunifoliae | (New Sloe Case-bearer) | Nb | Blackthorn, Dwarf cherry, Apples | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire
Found in part of VC37 Worcestershire in present-day Glos. in 2021 |
| Target 37.047 | Coleophora amethystinella | (Coast Green Case-bearer) | pRDB2 | Smooth tare | Somerset |
| Target 37.068 | Coleophora adjunctella | (Saltern-rush Case-bearer) | Nb | Saltmarsh rush | Somerset |
| Target 37.077 | Coleophora lassella | (Toad-rush Case-bearer) | Nb | Toad rush | Berkshire. Found in Glos. 2022 |
| Target 37.084 | Coleophora sternipennella | (Speckled Case-bearer) | Nb | Oraches, Goosefoots (Fat-hen) | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 37.085 | Coleophora squamosella | (Surrey Case-bearer) | pRDB2 | Blue fleabane | Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire |
| Target 37.087 | Coleophora vestianella | (Eastern Case-bearer) | Na | Goosefoots, Oraches (Common) | Berkshire |
| Target 37.096 | Coleophora gardesanella | (Small Streaked Case-bearer) | Na | Sea wormwood, Mugwort, Sneezewort, Yarrow, Tansy, Oxeye daisy | Somerset, Wiltshire |
| Target 37.098 | Coleophora inulae | (Fleabane Case-bearer) | Na | Ploughman's spikenard, Common fleabane | Herefordshire |
| Target 37.105 | Coleophora nutantella | (Campion Case-bearer) | Na | Bladder campion, Nottingham catchfly | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 37.107 | Coleophora clypeiferella | (Body-marked Case-bearer) | Na | Fat-hen | Wiltshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 38.013 | Elachista cingillella | (White-tipped Dwarf) | pRDB1 | Wood millet,(other grasses?) | Herefordshire |
| Target 38.016 | Elachista subalbidella | (Buff Dwarf) | Local | Purple moor-grass, (other grasses?) | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire |
| Target 38.021 | Elachista tengstromi | (Small Wood-rush Dwarf) | pRDBK | (?) Great & Hairy wood-rushes | Oxfordshire, Monmouthshire |
| Target 38.026 | Elachista kilmunella | (Moorland Dwarf) | Local | Sedges | Herefordshire, Warwickshire |
| Target 38.043 | Elachista scirpi | (Saltern Dwarf) | Na | Sea club-rush, Saltmarsh & Round-fruited rushes | Somerset |
| Target 39.004 | Dystebenna stephensi | (Oak Cosmet) | Na | Oak | Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 43.009 | Scythris empetrella | (Ling Owlet) | pRDB2 | Heather (Calluna), Bell heather | Somerset |
| Target 45.001 | Agdistis bennetii | Saltmarsh Plume | Local | Sea-lavenders, Sea aster | Wiltshire |
| Target 45.014 | Stenoptilia scabiodactylus | Gregson's Plume | Unknown | Small scabious | Somerset |
| Target 45.035 | Wheeleria spilodactylus | Horehound Plume | pRDB2 | White horehound | Somerset |
| Target 45.040 | Hellinsia lienigianus | Mugwort Plume | Nb | Mugwort | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 47.007 | Epermenia farreni | (Scarce Lance-wing) | pRDB1 | Wild parsnip, Hogweed | Oxfordshire |
| Target 49.010 | Philedonides lunana | (Heath Tortrix) | Nb | Herbaceous plants, shrubs, (conifer seedlings) | Monmouthshire |
| Target 49.011 | Archips oporana | (Pine Tortrix) | Na | Conifers | Wiltshire, Berkshire. Historical Glos. report found |
| Target 49.064 | Acleris caledoniana | (Caledonian Button) | Local | Herbaceous plants in moorland & mountains | Somerset, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire |
| Target 49.079 | Acleris shepherdana | (Meadow-sweet Button) | Nb | Meadowsweet | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire |
| Target 49.089 | Acleris rufana | (Sweet-gale Button) | Na | Bog-myrtle, (White poplar, Willows, Meadowsweet) | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire |
| Target 49.107 | Gynnidomorpha permixtana | (Coast Conch) | pRDB1 | Red bartsia | Somerset |
| Target 49.112 | Eupoecilia ambiguella | Vine Moth | Nb | Vines & shrubs | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Herefordshire |
| Target 49.113 | Commophila aeneana | (Orange Conch) | Nb | Common ragwort | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 49.118 | Aethes margaritana | (Silver Coast Conch) | pRDB2 | Yarrow, Scented mayweed, Oxeye daisy, Tansy | Berkshire |
| Target 49.119 | Aethes rutilana | (Juniper Conch) | pRDB1 | Juniper | Berkshire |
| Target 49.130 | Cochylidia subroseana | (Dingy Roseate Conch) | pRDB2 | Goldenrod | Herefordshire. Historical Glos. report found |
| Target 49.131 | Cochylidia heydeniana | (Blue-fleabane Conch) | Na | Blue & Canadian fleabanes | Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 49.153 | Apotomis sauciana | (Bilberry Marble) | Local | Bilberry, Bearberry | Somerset, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 49.163 | Celypha rurestrana | (Hawkweed Marble) | pRDB1 | Hawkweeds | Monmouthshire |
| Target 49.172 | Phiaris schulziana | (Large Marble) | Local | Crowberry, Heather | Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 49.173 | Phiaris micana | (Olive Marble) | Nb | Herbaceous plants?, Mosses? | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Warwickshire |
| Target 49.196 | Bactra lacteana | (Scarce Sedge Marble) | Nb | Carnation sedge | Wiltshire |
| Target 49.201 | Ancylis unguicella | (Broken-barred Roller) | Local | Heather, Bell heather | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 49.210 | Ancylis unculana | (Buckthorn Roller) | Nb | Buckthorn, Alder buckthorn | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 49.219 | Thiodia citrana | (Lemon Bell) | Nb | Yarrow, Field wormwood, Stinking chamomile | Somerset |
| Target 49.239 | Epinotia mercuriana | (Moorland Bell) | Nb | Heather, Bilberry, Sallows, Willows | Herefordshire |
| Target 49.256 | Epinotia cinereana | (Grey Aspen Bell) | Unknown | Aspen | Worcestershire |
| Target 49.262 | Phaneta pauperana | (Scarce Rose Bell) | pRDB3 | Dog-rose | Berkshire |
| Target 49.263 | Pelochrista caecimaculana | (Chalk-hill Bell) | Na | Common knapweed, Saw-wort? | Somerset, Berkshire |
| Target 49.270 | Eucosma aemulana | (Obscure Bell) | pRDB2 | Goldenrod | Somerset, Herefordshire |
| Target 49.274 | Eucosma metzneriana | (Mugwort Bell) | pRDB3 | Mugwort, Wormwood | Berkshire |
| Target 49.277 | Eucosma pupillana | (Eyed Bell) | Nb | Wormwood | Berkshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 49.287 | Epiblema cnicicolana | (Fleabane Bell) | pRDB3 | Common fleabane | Berkshire |
| Target 49.299 | Pseudococcyx posticana | (Dark Pine Shoot) | Nb | Scots pine | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 49.303 | Clavigesta sylvestrana | (Small Pine Shoot) | Na | Maritime, Stone & Scots pines | Berkshire, Herefordshire |
| Target 49.314 | Dichrorampha sylvicolana | (Sneezewort Drill) | pRDB3 | Sneezewort | Worcestershire |
| Target 49.323 | Dichrorampha alpestrana | (Spike-marked Drill) | Local | Yarrow, Tansy | Monmouthshire, Herefordshire (Formerly D. montanana) |
| Target 49.327 | Cydia microgrammana | (Rest-harrow Piercer) | Nb | Common restharrow | Berkshire, Oxfordshire |
| Target 49.3275 | Cydia interscindana | () | Juniper | Berkshire | |
| Target 49.336 | Cydia pactolana | (Scarce Spruce Piercer) | pRDB1 | Norway spruce, Larch | Berkshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 49.364 | Pammene suspectana | (Ash-bark Piercer) | pRDB2 | Ash | Somerset, Wiltshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire Found in Glos. 2022 |
| Target 49.368 | Pammene herrichiana | (Beech-mast Piercer) | Na | Beech | Somerset, Berkshire, Monmouthshire |
| Target 62.016 | Sciota hostilis | (Scarce Aspen Knot-horn) | BAP pRDB1 | Aspen | Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 62.022 | Pempelia genistella | (Gorse Knot-horn) | Nb | Gorse | Somerset, Wiltshire, Herefordshire. Found in Glos. 2023 |
| Target 62.026 | Dioryctria schuetzeella | (Spruce Knot-horn) | Nb | Norway & White spruces, Silver fir | Berkshire |
| Target 62.041 | Eurhodope cirrigerella | (Hairy Knot-horn) | Field scabious | Wiltshire 2019 & 2020 (previously thought extinct in UK), Berkshire | |
| Target 62.061 | Vitula biviella | (Pine-blossom Knot-horn) | Na | Pine flowers | Berkshire |
| Target 62.069 | Anerastia lotella | (Sandhill Knot-horn) | Nb | Marram, Sheep's fescue, Grey hair-grass, other grasses? | Somerset, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire |
| Target 62.070 | Synaphe punctalis | (Long-legged Tabby) | Local | Terrestrial mosses | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire |
| Target 62.073 | Aglossa caprealis | Small Tabby | pRDB2 | Vegetable matter (usually damp) | Berkshire |
| Target 63.039 | Mecyna flavalis | (Yellow Pearl) | pRDB3 | Herbaceous plants? | Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire. Found in Glos. 2022 |
| Target 63.041 | Agrotera nemoralis | (Beautiful Pearl) | BAP pRDB1 | Hornbeam | Somerset, Herefordshire |
| Target 63.050 | Dolicharthria punctalis | (Long-legged China-mark) | Nb | Decaying coastal vegetation | Somerset |
| Target 63.056 | Cynaeda dentalis | (Starry Pearl) | Na | Viper's bugloss | Wiltshire |
| Target 63.068 | Eudonia murana | (Moorland Grey) | Local | Mosses on rocks & walls on moorlands & mountains | Monmouthshire, Herefordshire |
| Target 63.082 | Crambus silvella | (Wood Grass-veneer) | pRDB3 | Sedges | Wiltshire |
| Target 63.087 | Crambus hamella | (Dark Grass-veneer) | Nb | Wavy hair-grass? | Somerset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Monmouthshire, Worcestershire |
| Target 63.108 | Pediasia fascelinella | (Banded Grass-veneer) | pRDB3 | Grasses on sandhills | Somerset |
| Target 63.111 | Platytes cerussella | (Little Grass-veneer) | Local | Grasses (Fescues)?, Sand sedge? | Somerset, Worcestershire |
| Target 63.112 | Platytes alpinella | (Hook-tipped Grass-veneer) | Nb | Mosses | Somerset, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire |
Page last revised July 2023
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