The Conformist

This woodland species was believed to be resident in parts of south Wales and Gloucestershire in the 19th century. Since then, it has occurred as very rare immigrant, mainly along the south-east coast of England. Turner (1955) lists one county record, of a pair that was labelled as having bred at Bathampton and sold at auction in 1938: "a pair, labelled 'Ross, Bathampton', in the Baron Bouck collection, were sold at Stevens in October 1938, and are now in my collection" (A. R. Hayward (1939), Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological &amp; Natural History Society).

Pale Pinion

Present right across the county in low numbers; like many macro-moths, it appears to be more frequently recorded in the south and west.

Grey Shoulder-knot

Widespread, although rarely abundant.&nbsp; The larval foodplant is oak, and understandably it is much commoner in the oak-rich south and west of the county, and also along parts of the Wiltshire border.

Grey Shoulder-knot

Lithophane ornitopus