Table 21. Moth species likely to colonize Independent Quarry
Species:		Larval Foodplant: (ref. 11)	UK status:	Ref:
Species with specific requirements:
Galium Carpet	Epirrhoe galiata	bedstraws	local	9
Small Elephant Hawk-moth	Deilephila porcellus	bedstraws	local	9
Purple Bar	Cosmorhoe ocellata	bedstraws	common	10
Barred Straw	Eulithis pyraliata	bedstraws	common	9
Beech-green Carpet	Colostygia olivata	bedstraws	common	10
Dwarf Cream Wave	Idaea fuscovenosa	Bramble	local	9
Buff Arches	Habrosyne pyritoides	Bramble	common	9
Tawny Shears	Hadena perplexa	campions	common	9
The Lychnis	Hadena bicruris	campions	common	9
Small Emerald	Hemistola chrysoprasaria	Clematis	local	9
Haworth's Pug	Eupithecia haworthiata	Clematis	local	9
The Fern	Horisme tersata	Clematis	common	9
Pretty Chalk Carpet	Melanthia procellata	Clematis	common	9
Chalk Carpet	Scotopteryx bipunctaria	clovers and trefoils	scarce	16
Shaded Broad-bar	Scotopteryx chenopodiata	clovers and trefoils	common	9
Mother Shipton	Callistege mi	clovers and trefoils	common	10
Burnet Companion	Euclidia glyphica	clovers and trefoils	common	10
Garden Carpet	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	crucifers	common	9
The Four-spotted	Tyta luctuosa	Field Bindweed	vulnerable	16
Green Pug	Chloroclystis rectangulata	Hawthorn, Blackthorn	common	10
Brimstone Moth	Opisthograptis luteolata	Hawthorn, Blackthorn	common	10
Short-cloaked Moth	Nola cucullatella	Hawthorn, Blackthorn	common	10
Early Grey	Xylocampa areola	Honeysuckle	common	10
Muslin Footman	Nudaria mundana	lichens	common	10
Dingy Footman	Eilema griseola	lichens	common	10
Common Footman	Eilema lurideola	lichens	common	9
Eyed Hawk-moth	Smerinthus ocellata	poplars, willows	common	10
Poplar Hawk-moth	Laothoe populi	poplars, willows	common	10
Puss Moth	Cerura vinula	poplars, willows	common	10
Sallow Kitten	Furcula furcula	poplars, willows	common	10
Poplar Grey	Acronicta megacephala	poplars, willows	common	9
The Miller	Acronicta leporina	poplars, willows	common	9
The Cinnabar	Tyria jacobaeae	Ragwort	common	9
Barred Rivulet	Perizoma bifaciata	Red Bartsia	common	10
Bordered Sallow	Pyrrhia umbra	Restharrow	local	9
Fox Moth	Macrothylacia rubi	Salad Burnet	common	10
Bordered Gothic	Heliophobus reticulata	campions	national rarity	11
Setaceous Hebrew Character	Xestia c-nigrum	Stinging Nettle	common	9
Silver Y	Autographa gamma	Stinging Nettle	common	9
The Spectacle	Abrostola triplasia	Stinging Nettle	common	10
The Snout	Hypena proboscidalis	Stinging Nettle	common	10
Small Yellow Wave	Hydrelia flammeolaria	Sycamore	common	9
The Sycamore	Acronicta aceris	Sycamore	common	9
Thyme Pug	Eupithecia distinctaria	Wild Thyme	notable	10
Speckled Yellow	Pseudopanthera macularia	Wood Sage	common	10
The Wormwood	Cucullia absinthii	Wormwood	common	10
Species utilising a range of foodplants:
L-album Wainscot	Mythimna l-album	grasses	notable	9
Beautiful Gothic	Leucochlaena oditis	grasses	national rarity	10
The Drinker	Philudoria potatoria	grasses	common	10
Square-spot Rustic	Xestia xanthographa	grasses	common	10
The Clay	Mythimna ferrago	grasses	common	9
Smoky Wainscot	Mythimna impura	grasses	common	9
Common Wainscot	Mythimna pallens	grasses	common	9
Lunar Underwing	Omphaloscelis lunosa	grasses	common	10
Straw Underwing	Thalpophila matura	grasses	common	10
Dark Arches	Apamea monoglypha	grasses	common	9
Light Arches	Apamea lithoxylaea	grasses	common	9
Dusky Brocade	Apamea remissa	grasses	common	9
Rustic Shoulder-knot	Apamea sordens	grasses	common	10
Marbled Minor	Oligia strigilis	grasses	common	10
Tawny Marbled Minor	Oligia latruncula	grasses	common	10
Cloaked Minor	Mesoligia furuncula	grasses	common	10
Rosy Minor	Mesoligia literosa	grasses	common	10
Common Rustic	Mesapamea secalis	grasses	common	9
Dusky Sallow	Eremobia ochroleuca	grasses	common	10
Flounced Rustic	Luperina testacea	grasses	common	10
Pale Mottled Willow	Caradrina clavipalpis	grasses	common	9
Pinion-streaked Snout	Schrankia costaestrigalis	various low plants	local	10
Crescent Dart	Agrotis trux	various low plants	notable	9
Feathered Brindle	Aporophyla australis	various low plants	notable	10
Portland Riband Wave	Idaea degeneraria	various low plants	national rarity	9
Mullein Wave	Scopula marginepunctata	various low plants	common	9
Small Blood-vein	Scopula imitaria	various low plants	common	9
Single-dotted Wave	Idaea dimidiata	various low plants	common	10
Satin Wave	Idaea subsericeata	various low plants	common	9
Riband Wave	Idaea aversata	various low plants	common	9
Yellow Shell	Camptogramma bilineata	various low plants	common	9
Lime-speck Pug	Eupithecia centaureata	various low plants	common	9
Shaded Pug	Eupithecia subumbrata	various low plants	common	9
Double-striped Pug	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	various low plants	common	9
The Annulet	Gnophos obscuratus	various low plants	common	10
Yellow Belle	Aspitates ochrearia	various low plants	common	10
Garden Tiger	Arctia caja	various low plants	common	9
Cream-spot Tiger	Arctia villiva	various low plants	common	9
White Ermine	Spilosoma lubricpeda	various low plants	common	10
Muslin Moth	Diaphora mendica	various low plants	common	10
Turnip Moth	Agrotis segetum	various low plants	common	10
Heart and Club	Agrotis clavis	various low plants	common	9
Heart and Dart	Agrotis exclamationis	various low plants	common	9
Shuttle-shaped Dart	Agrotis puta	various low plants	common	10
The Flame	Axylia putris	various low plants	common	9
Flame Shoulder	Ochropleura plecta	various low plants	common	10
Large Yellow Underwing	Noctua pronuba	various low plants	common	9
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	Noctua fimbriata	various low plants	common	9
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	Noctua janthina	various low plants	common	10
The Nutmeg	Discestra trifolii	various low plants	common	10
The Shears	Hada nana	various low plants	common	9
Bright-line Brown-eye	Lacanobia oleracea	various low plants	common	9
Black Rustic	Aporophyla nigra	various low plants	common	10
Feathered Ranunculus	Eumichtis lichenea	various low plants	common	10
Beaded Chestnut	Agrochola lychnidis	various low plants	common	10
Knot Grass	Acronicta rumicis	various low plants	common	10
Brown Rustic	Rusina ferruginea	various low plants	common	9
Angle Shades	Phlogophora meticulosa	various low plants	common	9
Rosy Rustic	Hydraecia micacea	various low plants	common	10
Treble Lines	Charanyca trigrammica	various low plants	common	10
The Uncertain	Hoplodrina alsines	various low plants	common	10
The Rustic	Hoplodrina blanda	various low plants	common	9
Vine's Rustic	Hoplodrina ambigua	various low plants	common	9
Mottled Rustic	Caradrina morpheus	various low plants	common	9
Privet Hawk-moth	Sphinx ligustri	wide variety of shrubs	locally common	10
The Lackey	Malacosoma neustria	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Oak Eggar	Lasiocampa quercus	wide variety of shrubs	common	10
Chinese Character	Cilix glaucata	wide variety of shrubs	common	10
Common Emerald	Hemithea aestivaria	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Common Marbled Carpet	Chloroclysta truncata	wide variety of shrubs	common	10
Winter Moth	Operophtera brumata	wide variety of shrubs	common	10
Common Pug	Eupithecia vulgata	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Grey Pug	Eupithecia subfuscata	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
The V-Pug	Chloroclystis v-ata	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
The Magpie	Abraxas grossulariata	wide variety of shrubs	common	10
Early Thorn	Selenia dentaria	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Scalloped Oak	Crocallis elinguaria	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Swallow-tailed Moth	Ourapteryx sambucaria	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Peppered Moth	Biston betularia	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Willow Beauty	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Mottled Beauty	Alcis repandata	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Clouded Silver	Lomographa temerata	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Light Emerald	Campaea margaritata	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Pale Tussock	Dasychira pudibunda	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Brown-tail	Euproctis chrysorrhoea	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Buff-tip	Phalera bucephala	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Buff Ermine	Spilosoma luteum	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Lesser Yellow Underwing	Noctua comes	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Dot Moth	Melanachra persicariae	wide variety of shrubs	common	9
Powdered Quaker	Orthosia gracilis	wide variety of shrubs	common	10
Common Quaker	Orthosia stabilis	wide variety of shrubs	common	10
Hebrew Character	Orthosia gothica	wide variety of shrubs	common	10
Small Fan-foot	Herminia nemoralis	wide variety of shrubs	common	9