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The Alchymist Moth (Catephia alchymista) is a moth of the family Noctuidae with a wing span of between 35 and 40 mm found in warmer parts of Europe and in Asia Minor. A single generation is on the wing from May to July in oak and mixed forests.
 Research Alchymist Moth
The Alder Kitten (Furcula bicuspis) is a puss moth of the family Notodontidae with a wing span of between 30 and 35 mm found in Europe and Asia flying from May to July.
Research Alder Kitten
The Alder Moth (Acronicta alni) is a moth of the family Noctuidae with a wing span of between 33 and 38 mm found throughout Europe except the extreme south and in western Asia. The moth lives in damp deciduous forests, valleys and on watersides flying from May to June.
Research Alder Moth
The Angle-Striped Sallow (Enargia paleacea) is a scarce moth of the family Noctuidae with a wing span of between 35 and 42 mm distributed in northern and central Europe, central and eastern Asia and North America. It is to be seen flying from July to September.
Research Angle-Striped Sallow
The Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae with a wing span of between 45 and 50 mm native to the Mediterranean region, but migratory north around July and august where upon a second generation flies from August to Autumn returning south. The caterpillars are unable to bear frost, so the second northern generation are wiped out each year with only the southern generation surviving.
Research Angle Shades
The Annulet Moth (Gnophos obscuatus) is a moth of the family Geometridae with a wing span of between 27 and 32 mm found in central and southern Europe in dry localities, woodland margins, slopes and heaths flying from July to September.
Research Annulet Moth
The Apple Fruit Moth (Argyresthia conjugella) is a moth of the family Argyresthiidae with a wing span of between 10 and 12 mm found in Europe, Asia and North America in deciduous forests flying from May to July. the caterpillar feeds on the fruit of the apple and rowan trees.
Research Apple Fruit Moth
The Apple Leaf Miner (Lyonetia clerkella) is a moth of the family Lyonetiidae with a wing span of between 7 and 9 mm found in Europe and northern Africa in deciduous forests flying in between one and three generations throughout the year, with the adults of the last generation hibernating from September until April.
Research Apple Leaf Miner
The Apple Leaf Skeletonizer (Eutrmula pariana) is a moth of the family Glyphiptrigidae with a wing span of between 11 and 13 mm found in Europe and Asia flying in two generations during May and the end of summer. The caterpillars feed on the surface of the leaves of various trees of the Rosaceae family, notably apple.
Research Apple Leaf Skeletonizer
The Apple Pygmy (Stigmella malella) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae with a wing span of between 4 and 5 mm found in temperate Europe flying in two annual generations from June to August. The caterpillars develop in July and again in autumn on the underside of apple leaves.
Research Apple Pygmy
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Matt and Leela Probert
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Southampton, United Kingdom
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