Moths of Sark
Sixty eight moth species recorded on Sark in 2024, mostly at La Société Sercquaise's light trap, set less often than usual in a wet, windy year, with sessions in April, May, July and August, plus incidental records.
After a wet, windy spring and summer, October brought a sudden explosion of moths, butterflies, caterpillars, bees and mosquitos.
Species names are kept exactly as printed in the Société's log, spellings included.
2024 records by month
Bars count dated trap and incidental records across all species, exactly as logged.
| Species | Scientific name | Records | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pale tussock | Calliteara pudibunda | 2 incidental | |
| Convolvulous hawk moth | Agrius convolvuli | 1 incidental | |
| Hoary footman | Eilema caniola | 1 trap record | |
| Ruby tiger | Phragmatobia fuliginosa | 1 trap record, 1 incidental | |
| Chestnut tortrix | Cydia splendana | 2 trap records | |
| Chinese character | Cilix glaucata | 1 trap record | |
| Canary shouldered thorn | Ennomos alniaria | 1 trap record | |
| The coronet | Craniophora ligustri | 1 trap record | |
| Square spot rustic | Xestia xanthographa | 1 trap record | |
| Acrobasis advenella | Acrobasis advenella | 1 trap record | |
| Flame shoulder | Ochropleura plecta | 1 trap record | |
| Dingy footman | Eilema griseola | 2 trap records | |
| Flounced rustic | Luperina testacea | 1 trap record | |
| Brimstone moth | Opisthograptis luteolata | 1 trap record, 1 incidental | |
| Oncocera semi-rubella | Oncocera semi-rubella | 1 trap record | |
| Portland ribbon wave | Idaea degeneraria | 1 trap record | |
| Agriphila tristella | Agriphila tristella | 1 trap record | |
| L-album wainscot | Mythimna l-album | 1 trap record | |
| Buff ermine | Spilosoma lutea | 3 trap records | |
| Rusty dot pearl | Udea ferrugalis | 2 trap records | |
| Rosy rustic | Hydraecia micacea | 1 trap record | |
| Rosy footman | Miltochrista miniata | 2 trap records | |
| Eudonia pallida | Eudonia pallida | 1 trap record | |
| Vine's rustic | Hoplodrina ambigua | 1 trap record | |
| Jersey Tiger Moth | Euplagia quadripunctaria | 1 incidental | |
| Five-Spot Burnet | Zygaena lonicerae | 2 incidental | |
| Synapse punctalis | Synapse punctalis | 1 trap record, 1 incidental | Name as printed in the appendix. |
| Olive-tree Pearl | Palpita vitrealis | 1 incidental | |
| Oak Eggar | Lasiocampa quercus | 4 incidental | |
| Hummingbird Hawk Moth | Macroglossum stellatarum | 2 incidental | |
| Silver Y moth | Autographa gamma | 3 incidental | |
| Privet hawk moth | Sphinx ligustri | 1 trap record, 1 incidental | |
| Common footman | Eilema lurideola | 1 trap record | |
| V-pug | Chloroclystis v-ata | 1 trap record | |
| Eudonia lacustrata | Eudonia lacustrata | 1 trap record | |
| Cnephasia spec. | Cnephasia spec. | 1 trap record | Identified to genus only in the appendix. |
| Common wainscot | Mythimna pallens | 1 trap record | |
| Brussels lace | Cleorodes lichenaria | 1 trap record | |
| Brachial bladella | Brachial bladella | 1 trap record | Name as printed in the appendix. |
| Uncertain | Hoplodrina octogenaria | 1 trap record | |
| Willow beauty | Peribatodes rhomboidaria | 2 trap records | |
| Light emerald | Campaea margaritaria | 1 incidental | |
| Mullien | Cucullia verbasci | 1 incidental | Printed as Mullien larva. |
| Lappet | Gastropacha quercifolia | 1 incidental | |
| Small angle shades | Euplexia lucipara | 1 incidental | |
| Cream spot tiger | Arctia villica | 2 incidental | |
| Peach blossom | Thyatira batis | 1 incidental | |
| Poplar hawk moth | Laothoe populi | 2 incidental | |
| Common swift | Korscheltellus lupulina | 1 incidental | |
| Foxglove pug | Eupithecia pulchellata | 1 incidental | |
| The lackey | Malacosoma neustria | 1 incidental | |
| Emperor | Saturnia pavonia | 2 incidental | |
| Speckled Yellow | Pseudopanthera macularia | 2 incidental | |
| Ochreous pug | Eupithecia indigata | 1 trap record | |
| Mottled rustic | Caradrina morpheus | 1 trap record | |
| White ermine | Spilosoma lubricipeda | 1 trap record | |
| Maiden's blush | Cyclophora punctaria | 1 trap record | |
| Sharp-angled peacock | Macaria alternata | 1 incidental | |
| Box moth | Cydalima perspectalis | 1 incidental | |
| Hebrew character | Orthosia gothica | 1 trap record | |
| Early grey | Xylocampa areola | 1 trap record | |
| Common quaker | Orthosia cerasi | 1 trap record | |
| Twin-spotted quaker | Anorthoa munda | 1 trap record | |
| Spotted border | Agriopis marginaria | 1 trap record | |
| Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella | Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella | 1 trap record | Species pair not separated in the appendix. |
| Small quaker | Orthosia cruda | 1 trap record | |
| Angle shades moth | Phlogophora meticulosa | 1 incidental | |
| Herald moth | Scoliopteryx libatrix | 1 incidental |
From the Sark Moth/Butterly Records 2024 appendix, its title spelt as printed, La Société Sercquaise Report 2024, Entomology Section, by Lynda Higgins.
