moths
![Brown Oak Tortrix [Archips crataegana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_1364_EOS-1D_TheDowns_17Jun2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Brown Oak Tortrix [Archips crataegana]")
Brown Oak Tortrix [Archips crataegana]
Adult on holly leaf- Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Jun 2025
![Variegated Golden Tortrix [Archips xylosteana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/BD2_4110_7D_TheDowns_30Apr2026.jpg?t=1787164910 "Variegated Golden Tortrix [Archips xylosteana]")
Variegated Golden Tortrix [Archips xylosteana]
A. xylosteana caterpillar on an Oak leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Apr 2026
![Common Marble [Celypha lacunana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_0838_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Jun2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Common Marble [Celypha lacunana]")
Common Marble [Celypha lacunana]
Adult on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2025
![Gorse Pod Moth [Cydia succedana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/IMG_0216_60D_BansteadDowns_12Apr2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Gorse Pod Moth [Cydia succedana]")
Gorse Pod Moth [Cydia succedana]
Adult on Gorse (Ulex europaeus) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Apr 2025
![Diamond-back Marble [Eudemis profundana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_3617_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30Aug2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Diamond-back Marble [Eudemis profundana]")
Diamond-back Marble [Eudemis profundana]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Aug 2025
![Meadow Tortrix [Grapholita compositella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/JO8V9933_EOS-1D_TheDowns_04Jun2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Meadow Tortrix [Grapholita compositella]")
Meadow Tortrix [Grapholita compositella]
Adult on dogwood leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Jun 2025
![Marbled Orchard Tortrix [Hedya nubiferana?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_0858_EOS-1D_TheDowns_11Jun2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Marbled Orchard Tortrix [Hedya nubiferana?]")
Marbled Orchard Tortrix [Hedya nubiferana?]
Adult on Common Buckthorn leaf; Tortix moth of genus Hedya, possibly H. nubiferana (several similar looking species) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jun 2025
![Plum Tortrix [Hedya pruniana?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_0484_EOS-1D_TheDowns_29May2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Plum Tortrix [Hedya pruniana?]")
Plum Tortrix [Hedya pruniana?]
Tortix moth of genus Hedya, possibly H. pruniana; adult on Sweet Chestnut leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 May 2025
![Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix [Pandemis cerasana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_0961_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jun2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix [Pandemis cerasana]")
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix [Pandemis cerasana]
Adult on Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jun 2025
![Spring Harbinger moth [Tortricodes alternella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/BD2_3897_7D_TheDowns_27Apr2026.jpg?t=1787164910 "Spring Harbinger moth [Tortricodes alternella]")
Spring Harbinger moth [Tortricodes alternella]
larva of T. alternella on an English Oak (Quercus robur) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Apr 2026
![Green Oak Tortrix [Tortrix viridana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_9204_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_09Jun2024.jpg?t=1787164910 "Green Oak Tortrix [Tortrix viridana]")
Green Oak Tortrix [Tortrix viridana]
Adult on oak leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2024
![Green Oak Tortix [Tortrix viridana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_9696_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02May2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Green Oak Tortix [Tortrix viridana]")
Green Oak Tortix [Tortrix viridana]
Caterpillar of the Green Oak Tortix moth suspended from a silk thread - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 May 2025
![Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/JO8V3467_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Aug2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]")
Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]
Adult on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2025
![Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/JO8V3512_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Aug2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]")
Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025
![Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/IMG_0356_60D_TheDowns_02May2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]")
Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]
Spindle Ermine moth larvae feeding gregariously inside silk coccoon on a Spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 May 2025
![Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_9739_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02May2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]")
Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]
Larvae feeding inside web on a Spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 May 2025
![Orchard Ermine [Yponomeuta padella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_0903_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jun2025.jpg?t=1787164910 "Orchard Ermine [Yponomeuta padella]")
Orchard Ermine [Yponomeuta padella]
Larvae feeding inside cocoon on a Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jun 2025
![Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG7_2283_EOS-1D_BansteadCommon07Aug2020.jpg?t=1787164910 "Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]")
Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]
Adult on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2020
![Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG7_3978_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_02Aug2021.jpg?t=1787164910 "Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]")
Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021
![Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/IMG_8296_60D_BansteadCommon_24Jul2020.jpg?t=1787164910 "Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]")
Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]
Adult on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 Jul 2020