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Emerald moth - Iain H Leach

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    Blair’s Shoulder-knot

    Lithophane leautieri
  • Case-bearing Clothes Moth - Patrick Clement

    Case-bearing Clothes Moth

    Tinea pellionella
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    Chocolate-tip

    Clostera curtula
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    Common Footman

    Eilema lurideola
  • Common Plume - Peter Maton

    Common Plume

    Emmelina monodactyla
  • Dotted Border (male) - Peter Maton

    Dotted Border

    Agriopis marginaria
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    Forester

    Adscita statices
  • Greater Wax moth - Andrew Cooper

    Greater Wax Moth / Honeycomb Moth

    Galleria mellonella
  • Pale Brindled Beauty (male) - Iain H Leach

    Pale Brindled Beauty

    Phigalia pilosaria
  • White-shouldered House-moth - Ben Sale

    White-shouldered House-moth

    Endrosis sarcitrella
  • Winter Moth - Tamás Nestor

    Winter Moth

    Operophtera brumata
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