:: Northern Ireland's Priority Species

Species list

All species listed are Priority Species but those that are not highlighted in bold do not yet have a species account. Text for these species will be added in due course.

Common Name	Scientific name
ghost moth	*Hepialus humuli*
the forester	*Adscita statices*
fuscous flat-body moth	*Agonopterix capreolella*
the scarce crimson and gold	*Pyrausta sanguinalis*
irish plume moth	*Platyptilia tesseradactyla*
pale eggar	*Trichiura crataegi*
small eggar	*Eriogaster lanestris*
mullein wave	*Scopula marginepunctata*
oblique carpet	*Orthonama vittata*
red carpet	*Xanthorhoe decoloraria*
dark-barred twin-spot carpet	*Xanthorhoe ferrugata*
shaded broad-bar	*Scotopteryx chenopodiata*
galium carpet	*Epirrhoe galiata*
yellow-ringed carpet	*Entephria flavicinctata*
grey mountain carpet	*Entephria caesiata*
dark spinach	*Pelurga comitata*
small phoenix	*Ecliptopera silaceata*
argent and sable	*Rheumaptera hastata*
pretty pinion	*Perizoma blandiata*
grass rivulet	*Perizoma albulata*
streak	*Chesias legatella*
latticed heath	*Chiasmia clathrata*
august thorn	*Ennomos quercinaria*
brindled beauty	*Lycia hirtaria*
narrow-bordered bee hawk moth	*Hemaris tityus*
figure of eight	*Diloba caeruleocephala*
wood tiger	*Parasemia plantaginis*
garden tiger	*Arctia caja*
white ermine	*Spilosoma lubricipeda*
buff ermine	*Spilosoma luteum*
cinnabar	*Tyria jacobaeae*
garden dart	*Euxoa nigricans*
double dart	*Graphiphora augur*
autumnal rustic	*Eugnorisma glareosa*
small square-spot	*Diarsia rubi*
neglected rustic	*Xestia castanea*
heath rustic	*Xestia agathina*
dot moth	*Melanchra persicariae*
broom moth	*Melanchra pisi*
hedge rustic	*Tholera cespitis*
feathered gothic	*Tholera decimalis*
powdered quaker	*Orthosia gracilis*
shoulder-striped wainscot	*Mythimna comma*
minor shoulder-knot	*Brachylomia viminalis*
sprawler	*Asteroscopus sphinx*
brindled ochre	*Dasypolia templi*
sword-grass	*Xylena exsoleta*
green-brindled crescent	*Allophyes oxyacanthae*
dark brocade	*Blepharita adusta*
flounced chestnut	*Agrochola helvola*
brown-spot pinion	*Agrochola litura*
beaded chestnut	*Agrochola lychnidis*
centre-barred sallow	*Atethmia centrago*
sallow	*Xanthia icteritia*
grey dagger	*Acronicta psi*
knot grass	*Acronicta rumicis*
mouse moth	*Amphipyra tragopoginis*
dusky brocade	*Apamea remissa*
rosy minor	*Mesoligia literosa*
ear moth	*Amphipoea oculea*
rosy rustic	*Hydraecia micacea*
haworth	*Celaena haworthii*
crescent	*Celaena leucostigma*
rustic	*Hoplodrina blanda*
mottled rustic	*Caradrina morpheus*
anomalous	*Stilbia anomala*