Day-flying Micro Moths - Species active by day or easily disturbed from their daytime resting places.macros | micros    
Micropterix tunbergella


Red-barred Gold 		Micropterix aruncella


White-barred Gold 		Micropterix calthella


Plain Gold 		Dyseriocrania subpurpurella


Common Oak Purple 		Eriocrania sparrmannella


Mottled Purple 		Nemophora minimella


Small Long-horn
Nemophora metallica


Brassy Long-horn 		Nemophora degeerella


Yellow-barred Long-horn 		Adela reaumurella


Green Long-horn 		Adela croesella


Small Barred Long-horn 		Cauchas rufimitrella


Meadow Long-horn 		Cauchas fibulella


Little Long-horn
Antispila metallella


Four-spot Lift 		Anthophila fabriciana


Common Nettle-tap 		Prochoreutis sehestediana


Silver-dot Metal-mark 		Argyresthia dilectella


Juniper Argent 		Argyresthia brockeella


Gold-ribbon Argent 		Argyresthia goedartella


Golden Argent
Argyresthia retinella


Netted Argent 		Argyresthia pruniella


Cherry-fruit Moth 		Argyresthia bonnetella


Hawthorn Argent 		Phaulernis dentella


Scale-tooth Lance-wing 		Phaulernis fulviguttella


Yellow-spotted Lance-wing 		Epermenia chaerophyllella


Garden Lance-wing
Schreckensteinia festaliella


Bramble False-feather 		Coleophora trifolii


Large Clover Case-bearer 		Coleophora alcyonipennella


Clover Case-bearer 		Coleophora mayrella


Meadow Case-bearer 		Coleophora deauratella


Red-clover Case-bearer 		Coleophora lixella


Downland Case-bearer
Coleophora albicosta


Gorse Case-bearer 		Coleophora discordella


Lotus Case-bearer 		Esperia sulphurella


Sulphur Tubic 		Alabonia geoffrella


Common Tubic 		Pleurota bicostella


Light Streak 		Diurnea lipsiella


November Tubic
Aroga velocella


Dusky Groundling 		Neofaculta ericetella


Heather Sober 		Hysterophora maculosana


Bluebell Conch 		Agapeta hamana


Common Yellow Conch 		Aethes tesserana


Downland Conch 		Commophila aeneana


Orange Conch
Cochylidia rupicola


Hemp-agrimony Conch 		Argyrotaenia ljungiana


Heather Tortrix 		Cacoecimorpha pronubana


Carnation Tortrix 		Syndemis musculana


Dark-barred Tortrix 		Ptycholoma lecheana


Brindled Tortrix 		Ditula angustiorana


Red-barred Tortrix
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana


Yellow-spot Tortrix 		Olindia schumacherana


White-barred Tortrix 		Tortricodes alternella


Winter Shade 		Acleris holmiana


White-triangle Button 		Celypha lacunana


Common Marble 		Lobesia reliquana


Oak Marble
Epiblema costipunctana


Ragwort Bell 		Lathronympha strigana


Red Piercer 		Pammene rhediella


Fruitlet-mining Tortrix 		Grapholita compositella


Triple-stripe Piercer 		Grapholita internana


Dark Gorse Piercer 		Grapholita janthinana


Pale-bordered Piercer
Grapholita jungiella


Vetch Piercer 		Cydia ulicetana


Grey Gorse Piercer 		Cydia nigricana


Pea Moth 		Cydia cosmophorana


Scarce Pine Piercer 		Cydia coniferana


Pine-bark Piercer 		Cydia conicolana


Pine-cone Piercer
Pammene gallicana


Purple-shaded Piercer 		Pammene aurana


Orange-spot Piercer 		Dichrorampha petiverella


Common Drill 		Dichrorampha alpinana


Broad-blotch Drill 		Dichrorampha flavidorsana


Narrow-blotch Drill 		Dichrorampha plumbagana


Silver-lined Drill
Dichrorampha plumbana


Lead-coloured Drill 		Chrysoteuchia culmella


Garden Grass-veneer 		Crambus pascuella


Inlaid Grass-veneer 		Crambus lathoniellus


Hook-streak Grass-veneer 		Crambus perlella


Satin Grass-veneer 		Agriphila straminella


Straw Grass-veneer
Agriphila tristella


Common Grass-veneer 		Thisanotia chrysonuchella


Powdered Grass-veneer 		Evergestis pallidata


Chequered Pearl 		Pyrausta aurata


Small Purple & Gold or Mint Moth 		Pyrausta purpuralis


Common Purple & Gold 		Pyrausta despicata


Straw-barred Pearl
Sitochroa verticalis


Lesser Pearl 		Anania hortulata


Small Magpie 		Anania crocealis


Ochreous Pearl 		Udea lutealis


Pale Straw Pearl 		Udea prunalis


Dusky Pearl 		Nomophila noctuella


Rush Veneer
Patania ruralis


Mother of Pearl 		Pempelia palumbella


Heather Knot-horn 		Homoeosoma sinuella


Twin-barred Knot-horn 		Pterophorus pentadactyla


White Plume 		Emmelina monodactyla


Common Plume
Note: Many other species of micro moth are easily disturbed by day and this list should be used as a guide and not a definitive list.
Notable A Notable B Red Data Book Immigrant/Migrant Easily disturbed by day
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