Pink-barred Sallow

Widespread though rarely common across the county, seemingly occurring wherever sallows can be found, including the peatlands of the central Levels, post-industrial sites in the east Mendips and on open moorland on central Exmoor.&nbsp; A moth whose young larvae feed internally within sallow catkins and which it is often easier to find by collecting the catkins and rearing the larvae.

Orange Sallow

Widely if thinly distributed, and reliant on patches of the foodplant, limes <i>Tilia</i> spp.&nbsp; Unsurprisingly, it appears to be absent from areas which lack the foodplant, such as inland Exmoor and the Levels.&nbsp; It is a moth that can appear to be absent from an area yet be found by deliberate targeting, whether by placing lights under stands of elm or by searching for the larvae in their spinnings in spring.

Barred Sallow

Widespread and fairly frequently recorded; although rarely in numbers, it is one of the more frequent of the autumn sallows at light.&nbsp; The apparent absence from inland Exmoor surely reflects a lack of recorders there, since one of the foodplants - beech - is widespread in the landscape.

Barred Sallow

Tiliacea aurago