Subfamily: Pyraustinae (11G 30S)
Fairly broad wings, often strongly patterned, long legs. Larvae are web-spinners or leaf-rollers.
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Paracorsia
001 Paracorsia repandalis
(Straw Pearl) Rare migrant with 6 British records - 1977, 1992 and 4 in C21. |
Loxostege
002 Loxostege sticticalis
(Mugwort Pearl) ws: 24-19mm; Jun (Aug-Sep) uncommon migrant with most arriving Aug-Sep; mugwort (Artemesia vulgaris); possibly resident in Breckland |
Pyrausta (8S)
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003 Pyrausta cingulata
(Silver-barred Sable) 
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004 Pyrausta sanguinalis
(Scarce Crimson & Gold) ws: 14-18mm; bivoltine Jun, Aug; wild thyme (Thymus polytrichus); pRDB - coastal sand-dunes in N.Wales (and Isle of Man) but may now be extinct in GB |
005 Pyrausta despicata
(Straw-barred Pearl) 
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006 Pyrausta aurata
(Mint Moth) 
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007 Pyrausta purpuralis
(Common Purple & Gold) 
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008 Pyrausta ostrinalis
(Scarce Purple & Gold) 
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009 Pyrausta nigrata
(Wavy-barred Sable) 
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010 Pyrausta aerealis
(Large Straw-barred Pearl) Rare migrant with 1 british record Sep 2012; Cheriton, Kent |
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Uresiphita (2S)
011 Uresipheta gilvata
(Yellow-underwing Pearl) 
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012 Uresiphita reversalis
(American Yellow-underwing Pearl) ws: 27-31mm; rare migrant with 1 British record Sep 2006 |
Nascia
013 Nascia cilialis
(Orange-rayed Pearl) 
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Sitochroa (2S)
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014 Sitochroa palealis
(Sulphur Pearl) 
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015 Sitochroa verticalis
(Lesser Pearl) 
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Anania (10S)
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016 Anania fuscalis
(Rattle Pearl) 
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017 Anania lancealis
(Long-winged Pearl) 
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018 Anania coronata
(Elder Pearl) 
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019 Anania stachydalis
(Woundwort Pearl) ws: 23-25mm; Jun-Aug; hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica); NS-B - farmland and rough ground in S England & S Wales |
020 Anania perlucidalis
(Marsh Pearl) 
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021 Anania terrealis
(Goldenrod Pearl) 
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022 Anania crocealis
(Fleabane Pearl) 
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023 Anania verbascalis
(Wood Sage Pearl) 
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024 Anania funebris
(White-spotted Sable) 
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025 Anania hortulata
(Small Magpie) 
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Sclerocona
026 Sclerocona acutellus
(Reed Pearl) ws: 25-30mm; Aug; accidental import with reeds from central Europe used for thatch; 21 records - first recorded 1988; + a colony at Afton Marshes, IOW |
Psammotis
027 Psammotis pulveralis
(Powdered Pearl) ws: 23-25mm; bivoltine Jun-Jul, Aug-Sep; water mint (Mentha aquatica), gipsywort (Lycopus europaeus); rare migrant to S coast with <100 British records |
Ostrinia
028 Ostrinia nubilalis
(European Corn-borer) 
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Paratalanta (2S)
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029 Paratalanta pandalis
(Bordered Pearl) ws: 25-29mm; Jun; wood sage (Teucrium scorodonia), goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea), marjoram (Oregano vulgare) NS-A - open woodland on chalky soil in England and Wales. |
030 Paratalanta hyalinalis
(Knapweed Pearl) ws: 28-35mm; Jun-Jul; common knapweed (Centaurea nigra); NS-B - on chalk downs and open beech woods in S England |
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