Square-spot Sober

Usually several records of low numbers most year.&nbsp; Scattered across the county, though commonest
towards the south and west.

Birch Sober

Rare - records restricted to Shapwick, the Gordano valley and Asham Wood.&nbsp; Although its foodplant, birch, is plentiful further west in the county, the Shapwick records represent the furthest west it has been found in this country.&nbsp; Perhaps it finds the uplands of western Somerset unsuitable.

The adults require dissection to separate it from <i>A. populella</i>, unless reared from the larva.&nbsp; Both species are variable in appearance.

Heather Sober

A heather moorland species, most frequently reported from
the Mendips, Quantocks and Exmoor (and likely to be considerably under-recorded
in the latter).&nbsp; Occasionally wanders to
gardens at some distance from moorland; although it has been reported breeding
on garden heathers elsewhere in the country, this does not yet appear to be
happening in Somerset.&nbsp; Comes to light,
but equally likely to be disturbed during the daytime.

Neofaculta ericetella

Heather Grey