The Mallow

This moth has always been geographically restricted in Somerset, and may be in decline.&nbsp; It is, and always has been, absent from areas where its foodplant Mallow <i>Malva sylvestris</i> is scarce - inland Exmoor and a large chunk of central Somerset centred on the Mendips.&nbsp;The current stronghold is around Taunton where it is still reasonably frequently recorded.&nbsp; Formerly seen regularly west of the Quantocks, especially coastally, it has not been recorded in this area since 1989, and there are very few records from the well-recorded far south of the county since around 2010.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Beautiful Carpet

Essentially a moth of acidic soils: upland south and west Somerset, the Shapwick area and the woodlands on the Wiltshire border.&nbsp; A scatter of records elsewhere.<br>

Dark Spinach

A local species in south-west England. It is associated with rough, weedy places, so may suffer from habitat loss.

Dark Spinach

Pelurga comitata