Noctuidae: Acronictinae: Noctuidae: Acronictinae: Acronicta euphorbiae (Denis & Schiffermuller) Sweet Gale Moth. Nationally Scarce A. Although the vernacular name suggests, a moorland species using bog-myrtle, it uses several other species, inc. meadowsweet.
📷 L & R by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0
📷 L & R by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0
July 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Noctuidae: Acronictinae: Noctuidae: Acronictinae: Acronicta euphorbiae (Denis & Schiffermuller) Sweet Gale Moth. Nationally Scarce A. Although the vernacular name suggests, a moorland species using bog-myrtle, it uses several other species, inc. meadowsweet.
📷 L & R by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0
📷 L & R by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0
Zygaena loti (Denis & Schiffermuller) Slender Scotch Burnet, females often nectar at BFT – she chooses shorter, less vigorous plants as a larval host, in grazed turf on disturbed ground, or on sunny south facing slopes on Mull and Ulva.
📷 Rolf Dietrich Brecher - Love, Love, Love, CC BY 2.0
📷 Rolf Dietrich Brecher - Love, Love, Love, CC BY 2.0
June 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Zygaena loti (Denis & Schiffermuller) Slender Scotch Burnet, females often nectar at BFT – she chooses shorter, less vigorous plants as a larval host, in grazed turf on disturbed ground, or on sunny south facing slopes on Mull and Ulva.
📷 Rolf Dietrich Brecher - Love, Love, Love, CC BY 2.0
📷 Rolf Dietrich Brecher - Love, Love, Love, CC BY 2.0
Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampa trifolii (Denis & Schiffermuller) Grass Eggar. Nationally Scarce A. Catholic tastes in larval hosts, depending on location, but does use BFT, Clovers, Sea Thrift and Spiny Restharrow on dunes, cliffs and shingle.
📷 Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0
📷 Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0
June 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampa trifolii (Denis & Schiffermuller) Grass Eggar. Nationally Scarce A. Catholic tastes in larval hosts, depending on location, but does use BFT, Clovers, Sea Thrift and Spiny Restharrow on dunes, cliffs and shingle.
📷 Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0
📷 Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0
Larentiinae: Scotopteryx bipunctaria (Denis & Schiffermuller) Chalk Carpet, depends entirely on the Leguminosae for larval hosts; BFT, other trefoils, vetches and clovers, and is associated with a range of chalk and limestone habitats. Nationally Scarce B.
📷 Ben Sale , CC BY 2.0
📷 Ben Sale , CC BY 2.0
June 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Larentiinae: Scotopteryx bipunctaria (Denis & Schiffermuller) Chalk Carpet, depends entirely on the Leguminosae for larval hosts; BFT, other trefoils, vetches and clovers, and is associated with a range of chalk and limestone habitats. Nationally Scarce B.
📷 Ben Sale , CC BY 2.0
📷 Ben Sale , CC BY 2.0
Lycia zonaria (Denis & Schiffermuller) Belted Beauty, is a coastal genus with a wingless female; she lays her eggs mainly on BFT, Kidney Vetch & other legumes, as well as Creeping willow, & Burnet Rose, on dunes links, and in the machair on the Hebrides
📷 Harald Süpfle, CC BY-SA 3.0
📷 Harald Süpfle, CC BY-SA 3.0
June 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Lycia zonaria (Denis & Schiffermuller) Belted Beauty, is a coastal genus with a wingless female; she lays her eggs mainly on BFT, Kidney Vetch & other legumes, as well as Creeping willow, & Burnet Rose, on dunes links, and in the machair on the Hebrides
📷 Harald Süpfle, CC BY-SA 3.0
📷 Harald Süpfle, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ennominae: Aspitates gilvaria (Denis & Schiffermuller) Straw Belle, favours BLT, and Fairy Flax but is also found on Black Medick, Thyme, Yarrow, especially on chalk grassland and in quarries
📷 Maite Satisteban Rivero, GNU General Public License
📷 Maite Satisteban Rivero, GNU General Public License
June 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Ennominae: Aspitates gilvaria (Denis & Schiffermuller) Straw Belle, favours BLT, and Fairy Flax but is also found on Black Medick, Thyme, Yarrow, especially on chalk grassland and in quarries
📷 Maite Satisteban Rivero, GNU General Public License
📷 Maite Satisteban Rivero, GNU General Public License
Craniophora ligustri (Denis & Schiffermuller) Coronet, uses Ash, Privet, Hazel & Alder.
📷 Donald Hobern , CC BY 2.0
📷 Donald Hobern , CC BY 2.0
May 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Craniophora ligustri (Denis & Schiffermuller) Coronet, uses Ash, Privet, Hazel & Alder.
📷 Donald Hobern , CC BY 2.0
📷 Donald Hobern , CC BY 2.0
Trichopteryx polycommata (Denis & Schiffermuller) Barred Tooth-stripe. Larvae feed in the young leaf buds of Wild Privet & will also use Lilac and Ash.
📷 Raija Rantanen, Copyright free use
📷 Raija Rantanen, Copyright free use
May 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Trichopteryx polycommata (Denis & Schiffermuller) Barred Tooth-stripe. Larvae feed in the young leaf buds of Wild Privet & will also use Lilac and Ash.
📷 Raija Rantanen, Copyright free use
📷 Raija Rantanen, Copyright free use
Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Denis & Schiffermuller) Willow Beauty, widely polyphagous on broadleaved shrubs, trees, climbers, inc Garden Privet. Woods, scrub, hedgerow, parks & gardens, inc urban ones.
📷 Gail Hampshire, CC BY 2.0
📷 Gail Hampshire, CC BY 2.0
May 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Denis & Schiffermuller) Willow Beauty, widely polyphagous on broadleaved shrubs, trees, climbers, inc Garden Privet. Woods, scrub, hedgerow, parks & gardens, inc urban ones.
📷 Gail Hampshire, CC BY 2.0
📷 Gail Hampshire, CC BY 2.0
Alsophila aescularia (Denis & Schiffermuller) March Moth. Larvae feed many deciduous trees & shrubs, including Ash & Wild Privet. The female is flightless.
📷 Gail Hampshire, CC BY 2.0
📷 Gail Hampshire, CC BY 2.0
May 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Alsophila aescularia (Denis & Schiffermuller) March Moth. Larvae feed many deciduous trees & shrubs, including Ash & Wild Privet. The female is flightless.
📷 Gail Hampshire, CC BY 2.0
📷 Gail Hampshire, CC BY 2.0
📢 Kafka events this term!
⏰ 8 May, 5.30pm - Kafka’s Dreams: A Fragile Legacy (Isolde Schiffermüller)
📍 Taylorian, Oxford or online
⏰4 June, 4pm - The Silent Songs of Josefine (Can Bilir) 🎼
📍 Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Book your free place now: tinyurl.com/497z58aj
#franzkafka
⏰ 8 May, 5.30pm - Kafka’s Dreams: A Fragile Legacy (Isolde Schiffermüller)
📍 Taylorian, Oxford or online
⏰4 June, 4pm - The Silent Songs of Josefine (Can Bilir) 🎼
📍 Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Book your free place now: tinyurl.com/497z58aj
#franzkafka
April 21, 2026 at 9:22 AM
📢 Kafka events this term!
⏰ 8 May, 5.30pm - Kafka’s Dreams: A Fragile Legacy (Isolde Schiffermüller)
📍 Taylorian, Oxford or online
⏰4 June, 4pm - The Silent Songs of Josefine (Can Bilir) 🎼
📍 Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Book your free place now: tinyurl.com/497z58aj
#franzkafka
⏰ 8 May, 5.30pm - Kafka’s Dreams: A Fragile Legacy (Isolde Schiffermüller)
📍 Taylorian, Oxford or online
⏰4 June, 4pm - The Silent Songs of Josefine (Can Bilir) 🎼
📍 Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Book your free place now: tinyurl.com/497z58aj
#franzkafka
Identification of pheromone-binding protein genes in Dioryctria abietella Denis & Schiffermüller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), a major pest of pine cones https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41865499/
March 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Identification of pheromone-binding protein genes in Dioryctria abietella Denis & Schiffermüller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), a major pest of pine cones https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41865499/
Franconian Lackey (Malacosoma franconicum) (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)Turkey
In the family Lasiocampidae
Found in central and southern Europe, as well as Armenia. On the wing from June to August
The larvae feed on Artemisia, Achillea, Plantago & Rumex species
#Moths #MothsMatter #Turkey
In the family Lasiocampidae
Found in central and southern Europe, as well as Armenia. On the wing from June to August
The larvae feed on Artemisia, Achillea, Plantago & Rumex species
#Moths #MothsMatter #Turkey
March 13, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Franconian Lackey (Malacosoma franconicum) (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)Turkey
In the family Lasiocampidae
Found in central and southern Europe, as well as Armenia. On the wing from June to August
The larvae feed on Artemisia, Achillea, Plantago & Rumex species
#Moths #MothsMatter #Turkey
In the family Lasiocampidae
Found in central and southern Europe, as well as Armenia. On the wing from June to August
The larvae feed on Artemisia, Achillea, Plantago & Rumex species
#Moths #MothsMatter #Turkey
A Moth (Synaphe bombycalis) (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775) Turkey
Found in Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Morocco, Turkmenistan & Kazakhstan
Foodplant is Poaceae sp
#Moths #Lepidoptera #Synaphebombycalis #MothsMatter #Turkey
Found in Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Morocco, Turkmenistan & Kazakhstan
Foodplant is Poaceae sp
#Moths #Lepidoptera #Synaphebombycalis #MothsMatter #Turkey
March 12, 2026 at 6:45 AM
A Moth (Synaphe bombycalis) (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775) Turkey
Found in Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Morocco, Turkmenistan & Kazakhstan
Foodplant is Poaceae sp
#Moths #Lepidoptera #Synaphebombycalis #MothsMatter #Turkey
Found in Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Morocco, Turkmenistan & Kazakhstan
Foodplant is Poaceae sp
#Moths #Lepidoptera #Synaphebombycalis #MothsMatter #Turkey
#Hymenoptera #Eupelmidae #Lepidoptera #Notodontidae
Historia naturalis bulgarica | Eupelmus (Eupelmus) urozonus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) – a new egg parasitoid of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) in B...
Historia naturalis bulgarica -- Volume 48 (2026) -- Eupelmus (Eupelmus) urozonus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) – a new egg parasitoid of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidopter...
doi.org
March 2, 2026 at 6:53 AM
#Hymenoptera #Eupelmidae #Lepidoptera #Notodontidae
An interesting new study on the geometrid moth Earophila badiata shows how a wide distributional gap between two morphologically different populations (SW Archipelago vs. N Karelia) was filled in only ca. 20 years across S Finland: peerj.com/articles/206...
Quantitative image analysis applied to revise the taxonomy of the Palearctic Earophila badiata species group (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)
The geometrid moth Earophila badiata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), which occurs widely in the Palearctic realm, has rapidly filled a large gap in its range across southern Finland during the past tw...
peerj.com
February 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM
An interesting new study on the geometrid moth Earophila badiata shows how a wide distributional gap between two morphologically different populations (SW Archipelago vs. N Karelia) was filled in only ca. 20 years across S Finland: peerj.com/articles/206...
With @nathist.bsky.social we revisited the Earophila badiata complex by using:
Quantitative wing image analysis
Genitalia + micro-CT
mtCOI barcodes
No support for several named taxa → synonymies proposed; fennokarelica reduced below subspecies rank.
peerj.com/articles/206...
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
Quantitative wing image analysis
Genitalia + micro-CT
mtCOI barcodes
No support for several named taxa → synonymies proposed; fennokarelica reduced below subspecies rank.
peerj.com/articles/206...
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
Quantitative image analysis applied to revise the taxonomy of the Palearctic Earophila badiata species group (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)
The geometrid moth Earophila badiata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), which occurs widely in the Palearctic realm, has rapidly filled a large gap in its range across southern Finland during the past tw...
peerj.com
February 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
With @nathist.bsky.social we revisited the Earophila badiata complex by using:
Quantitative wing image analysis
Genitalia + micro-CT
mtCOI barcodes
No support for several named taxa → synonymies proposed; fennokarelica reduced below subspecies rank.
peerj.com/articles/206...
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
Quantitative wing image analysis
Genitalia + micro-CT
mtCOI barcodes
No support for several named taxa → synonymies proposed; fennokarelica reduced below subspecies rank.
peerj.com/articles/206...
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
Woop woop, first paper of 2026. This one was a delight to contribute to, a multi-method deconstruction of the existence of a subspecies. I provided pattern analysis of moth colouration, revealing a cryptic different in colour between sexes but not subspecies!
peerj.com/articles/206...
peerj.com/articles/206...
Quantitative image analysis applied to revise the taxonomy of the Palearctic Earophila badiata species group (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)
The geometrid moth Earophila badiata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), which occurs widely in the Palearctic realm, has rapidly filled a large gap in its range across southern Finland during the past tw...
peerj.com
February 19, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Woop woop, first paper of 2026. This one was a delight to contribute to, a multi-method deconstruction of the existence of a subspecies. I provided pattern analysis of moth colouration, revealing a cryptic different in colour between sexes but not subspecies!
peerj.com/articles/206...
peerj.com/articles/206...
Cardinal Butterfly (Argynnis pandora) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) Turkey
A large species with a distinctive and dramatic underside forewing intense pink patch (water-melon red). It is similar in appearance to Silver-washed Fritillary
The larvae feed on Viola
#Turkey #CardinalButterfly
A large species with a distinctive and dramatic underside forewing intense pink patch (water-melon red). It is similar in appearance to Silver-washed Fritillary
The larvae feed on Viola
#Turkey #CardinalButterfly
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Cardinal Butterfly (Argynnis pandora) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) Turkey
A large species with a distinctive and dramatic underside forewing intense pink patch (water-melon red). It is similar in appearance to Silver-washed Fritillary
The larvae feed on Viola
#Turkey #CardinalButterfly
A large species with a distinctive and dramatic underside forewing intense pink patch (water-melon red). It is similar in appearance to Silver-washed Fritillary
The larvae feed on Viola
#Turkey #CardinalButterfly
Puirt a beul, Scottish Mouth Music, Quadriga Consort, Elisabeth Kaplan, Laurenz Schiffermüller youtu.be/ovhNIBnH9es?... #MusicChallenge #NotKnownEnough #ScottishMusic
Puirt a beul, Scottish Mouth Music, Quadriga Consort, Elisabeth Kaplan, Laurenz Schiffermüller
YouTube video by QC
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Puirt a beul, Scottish Mouth Music, Quadriga Consort, Elisabeth Kaplan, Laurenz Schiffermüller youtu.be/ovhNIBnH9es?... #MusicChallenge #NotKnownEnough #ScottishMusic
Plumed Prominent Moth (Ptilophora plumigera) ([Denis & Schiffermüller] 1775) Nationally Scarce Na
Last night I was given the chance to see a moth I have wanted to see for some time. The night was chosen carefully
#plumedprominent #moths #mothsmatter
Last night I was given the chance to see a moth I have wanted to see for some time. The night was chosen carefully
#plumedprominent #moths #mothsmatter
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Plumed Prominent Moth (Ptilophora plumigera) ([Denis & Schiffermüller] 1775) Nationally Scarce Na
Last night I was given the chance to see a moth I have wanted to see for some time. The night was chosen carefully
#plumedprominent #moths #mothsmatter
Last night I was given the chance to see a moth I have wanted to see for some time. The night was chosen carefully
#plumedprominent #moths #mothsmatter
Its Latin name is Ennomos erosaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775).
September 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Its Latin name is Ennomos erosaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775).
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Published on Sunday, September 14, 2025
Published on Sunday, September 14, 2025
nunoxaviermoreira:
Depressaria daucella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) by Luís Gaifém Carrot Moth
Marachão
2014 https://flic.kr/p/2k3d15P
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September 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Published on Sunday, September 14, 2025
Published on Sunday, September 14, 2025
Mythimna albipuncta, the white-point, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is distributed throughout Europe
July 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Mythimna albipuncta, the white-point, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is distributed throughout Europe
Mythimna albipuncta, the white-point, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is distributed throughout Europe
July 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Mythimna albipuncta, the white-point, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is distributed throughout Europe