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Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara)

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Status: Common throughout the UK. 'Well-folded, Light-bearer' ( Eu = good/well + plexia = from plexus, folded or interwoven: L...

Ochsenheimeria urella

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Status: Fairly widespread throughout the UK. 'Ochsenheimer, Little-burner (?)' ( Ochsenheimeria = Ochsenheimer, urella = from uro...

July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata)

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Status: Common throughout the UK. 'Monthly Urn, Fork-like' ( Hydrio from hudria = water jar/urn + mena = month: Greek, furcata =...

Coxcomb Prominent (Ptilodon capucina)

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Status: Common throughout the UK. 'Feather-toothed, Capuchin friar' ( Ptilo = feather + don = tooth: Greek, capucina = Capuchin ...

Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis)

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Status: Common throughout the UK. 'To-meander-forth (?), Scissor-like' ( Evergestis = possibly from the Latin 'evergere' =...

Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica)

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Status: Common throughout most of the UK - more localized & urban in Scotland. 'Hidden, Of-the-house' ( Cryphia = from kryphio...

Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata)

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Status: Common throughout the UK. 'Yellow-flow, Defined' ( Xantho = yellow + rhoe = flow: Latin, designata = defined/distinct/de...
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