Species 



Hostplants 



Status at time of listing 



Tyria jacobaeae 



common ragwort, groundsel 



very common 



Agrotis segetiim 



roots and stems of wild and cultivated plants 



infrequent 



Agrotis exclamationis 



roots of grasses, trefoil 



very common 



Agrotis ripae 



roots of Cakile maitimae, Salsola kali, 

 Atriplex spp. 



solely coastal 



Ochwplewa plecta 



sorrel, lettuce, chicory 



very common 



Noctua pronuba 



dandelion, Primula spp. 



very common 



Noctua conies 



nettle, trefoil, Primula spp. 



common 



Xestia c-nigrum 



nettle and many other herhaceous plants 



very common 



Xestia xanthographa 



various grasses, trefoils, Primula spp. 



very common 



Hada plebeja 



dandelion, hawk's-heard, hawkweed 



very rare, coastal 



Lacanobia oleracea 



orache, cabbage, lettuce 



very common 



Hadena perplexa 



capsules of Silene spp., Spergula spp. 



infrequent, chiefly coastal 



Hadena lute ago 



roots of Silene maritima and rock sea-spurrey 



very rare 



Hadena confusa 



in capsules of Lychnis spp. 



very rare 



Hadena albimacula 



in capsules of Silene nutans 



very rare 



Mythimna albipuncta 



various glasses 



very common 



Mythimna impura 



Phragmites spp., Carex spp., Brachypodium 

 spp. 



very common 



Mythimna litoralis 



Ammophila arenaria 



infrequent, only coastal 



Shargacucullia scroplutlariae 



various Scrophulariaceae 



infrequent 



Shargacucullia verbasci 



Verbascum spp. and other Scrophulariaceae 



infrequent 



Leucochlaena oditis 



roots of Ammophila arenaria and other 

 grasses 



rare, only coastal 



Aporophyla nigra 



gorse 



common 



Lithophane leautieri 



Cupressus spp. 



common 



Trigonophora flammea 



various Ranunculaceae 



very common 



Polymixis flavicincta 



various wild and cultivated plants 



infrequent 



Polymixis lichenea 



Rumex spp., Lonicera spp. 



common, chiefly coastal 



Agrochola circellaris 



Salix caprea, poplars 



rare 



Omphaloscelis lunosa 



various grasses 



very common 



Acronicta megacephala 



poplars 



common 



Acronicta rumicis 



blackthorn, birch 



very common 



Cryphia muralis 



lichens on walls 



common 



Rusina ferruginea 



Viola spp., Fragaria spp. 



common 



Euplexia lucipara 



on wide variety of plants 



common 



Pldogophora meticulosa 



on wide variety of plants 



very common 



Apamea monoglypha 



roots and stem-bases of cock's-foot and other 

 grasses 



very common 



Oligia strigilis 



Dactylis spp. and other grasses 



very common 



Oligia fasciuncula 



stems of various grasses 



very common 



Luperina testacea 



various grasses 



very common 



Hoplodrina ambigua 



plantains, dandelion, Rumex spp., Lactuca 

 spp. 



very common 



Caradrina morpheus 



Convolvulus spp., Artemesia spp. 



very common 



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