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Emerald moth - Iain H Leach

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    Belted Beauty

    Lycia zonaria
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    Bordered White

    Bupalus piniaria
  • Brown House-moth - Koen Thonissen

    Brown House-moth

    Hofmannophila pseudospretella
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    Brown Silver-line

    Petrophora chlorosata
  • Case-bearing Clothes Moth - Patrick Clement

    Case-bearing Clothes Moth

    Tinea pellionella
  • Chestnut-coloured Carpet - Peter Maton

    Chestnut-coloured Carpet

    Thera cognata
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    Chinese Character

    Cilix glaucata
  • Cocksfoot Moth - Ryszard Szczygieł

    Cocksfoot Moth

    Glyphipterix simpliciella
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    Common Carpet

    Epirrhoe alternata
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    Common Heath

    Ematurga atomaria
  • Common Plume - Peter Maton

    Common Plume

    Emmelina monodactyla
  • Common Quaker - Iain Leach

    Common Quaker

    Orthosia cerasi
  • Dotted Border (male) - Peter Maton

    Dotted Border

    Agriopis marginaria
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    Early Grey

    Xylocampa areola
  • Feathered Gothic - Rob Blanken

    Feathered Gothic

    Tholera decimalis
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    Flame

    Axylia putris
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    Forester

    Adscita statices
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    Foxglove Pug

    Eupithecia pulchellata
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    Grass Rivulet

    Perizoma albulata
  • Hebrew Character - Ryszard Szczygieł

    Hebrew Character

    Orthosia gothica
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    Manchester Treble-bar

    Carsia sororiata
  • March Moth - Iain Leach

    March Moth

    Alsophila aescularia
  • Nut-tree Tussock - Peter Maton

    Nut-tree Tussock

    Colocasia coryli
  • Pale Brindled Beauty (male) - Iain H Leach

    Pale Brindled Beauty

    Phigalia pilosaria
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    Pretty Pinion

    Perizoma blandiata
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    Silver Hook

    Deltote uncula
  • Snout - Clive Jones

    Snout

    Hypena proboscidalis
  • Spectacle - Derek Parker

    Spectacle

    Abrostola tripartita
  • Square-spot Rustic - Vlad Proklov

    Square-spot Rustic

    Xestia xanthographa
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    The Chestnut

    Conistra vaccinii
  • Twenty-plume Moth - Patrick Clement

    Twenty-plume Moth

    Alucita hexadactyla
  • White-shouldered House-moth - Ben Sale

    White-shouldered House-moth

    Endrosis sarcitrella
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