Moths matter in Macedonia

I’ve sorted through my moth photos from our recent Birding and Butterflying trip to Greece with Greenwings. I’m sure I saw a few more, but this is the list of 43 compiled from all my photos. NFM is “New for me”.

Common Name Scientific Name NFM
Black-veined Moth Siona lineata Y
Bright Wave Idaea ochrata Y
Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris fuciformis Y
Brown China-mark Elophila nymphaeata Y
Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica N
Catocala nymphaea Catocala nymphaea Y
Chrysocrambus cassentiniellus Chrysocrambus cassentiniellus Y
Common Heath Ematurga atomaria N
Crambus perlella Crambus perlella N
Crocidosema plebejana Crocidosema plebejana Y
Dingy Shell Euchoeca nebulata Y
Chequered Wave Idaea moniliata Y
Dotted Border Wave Idaea sylvestraria Y
Euclasta splendidalis Euclasta splendidalis Y
Eucosma cana Eucosma cana N
Euplocamus ophisa Euplocamus ophisa Y
Five-spot Burnet Zygaena trifolii N
Forester Adscita statices Y
The Geometrician Grammodes stolida Y
Grass Rivulet Perizoma albulata Y
Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar N
The Handmaid Dysauxes ancilla Y
Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum N
Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis N
Lead Belle Scotopteryx mucronata Y
Mother Shipton Callistege mi N
Nine-spotted Moth Amata phegea Y
The Passenger Dysgonia algira Y
Poplar Grey Acronicta megacephala N
Purple-barred Yellow Lythria cruentaria Y
Pyrausta purpuralis Pyrausta purpuralis N
Ragades pruni Ragades pruni Y
Riband Wave Idaea aversata N
Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis N
Silver Ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata Y
Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae N
Slender Scotch Burnet Zygaena loti Y
Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Y
Speckled Yellow Pseudopanthera macularia Y
Spotted Sulfur Emmelia trabealis Y
Spurge Hawk-moth Hyles euphorbiae Y
Transparent Burnet Zygaena purpuralis Y
Treble-bar Aplocera plagiata N
Wood Tiger Arctia plantaginis Y

We were in Northern Greece near Lake Kerkini, staying in a village called Chrisochorafa and trekking the mountains and lakes, of what was known as Macedonia in ancient times. We were touched the border of present-day North Macedonia at one point and on another day were not too far from Bulgaria.