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To date c680 species of macro-moth along with c1100 species of micro-moth have been recorded in Norfolk since records began in Victorian times. This site aims to provide full details of all the species that occur (or once occurred) in Norfolk, with photographs, descriptions, flight graphs, latest records, distribution maps and more! - Jim Wheeler

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Latest Notable Records   [Show All]
DateTaxon#
13/05/2012 Grapholita internana (Dark Gorse Piercer)1
13/05/2012 Adela cuprella (Early Long-horn)8
12/05/2012 Monopis laevigella (Skin Moth)3
11/05/2012 Tinea pellionella (Case-bearing Clothes Moth)+
09/05/2012 Small Eggar
Eriogaster lanestris
1
08/05/2012 Luffia ferchaultella (Virgin Smoke)10
08/05/2012 Neofaculta ericetella (Heather Groundling)1
06/05/2012 Elachista rufocinerea (Red-brindled Dwarf)15
01/05/2012 Elachista rufocinerea (Red-brindled Dwarf)1
01/05/2012 Elachista canapennella (Little Dwarf)2
30/04/2012 Oblique Striped
Phibalapteryx virgata
1
21/04/2012 Oblique Striped
Phibalapteryx virgata
2


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Title photos Commophila aeneana and Cinnabar
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