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Noctua Collection

Background imageNoctua Collection: Hydra Star Map

Hydra Star Map
Hydra constellation, including an owl, a raven and a sextant

Background imageNoctua Collection: Silver Y and Essex Y moths

Silver Y and Essex Y moths
Silver Y moth, Autographa gamma 1-4 and Essex Y moth, Cornutiplusia circumflexa 5, 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge

Background imageNoctua Collection: Grey dagger, Apopestes spectrum and peach blossom moths

Grey dagger, Apopestes spectrum and peach blossom moths
Grey dagger moth and larva, Acronicta psi 1, Apopestes spectrum moth and larva 2, peach blossom moth and caterpillar, Thyatira batis 3. Noctuelles psi, spectre, batis

Background imageNoctua Collection: Catocala pacta moth

Catocala pacta moth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Erlangen, 1786

Background imageNoctua Collection: French red underwing and dark crimson underwing variety

French red underwing and dark crimson underwing variety
French red underwing, Catocala elocata 1, 2, and dark crimson underwing variety, Catocala sponsa 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageNoctua Collection: Light crimson underwing moth, Catocala promissa

Light crimson underwing moth, Catocala promissa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Background imageNoctua Collection: Dark crimson underwing, Catocala sponsa

Dark crimson underwing, Catocala sponsa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Erlangen, 1786

Background imageNoctua Collection: Setina aurita, dew moth and Setina roscida

Setina aurita, dew moth and Setina roscida
Setina aurita moth 1, 2, dew moth, Setina irrorella 3-5, and Setina roscida moth 6, 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge

Background imageNoctua Collection: Red-necked footman, four-spotted footman and buff footman

Red-necked footman, four-spotted footman and buff footman
Red-necked footman, Atolmis rubricollis 1, , four-spotted footman, Lithosia quadra 2-6, and buff footman, Katha depressa 7, 9

Background imageNoctua Collection: Miller moth and cinnabar moth

Miller moth and cinnabar moth
Miller moth, Acronicta leporina 1-5, and cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae 6-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Background imageNoctua Collection: Fox moth, Macrothylacia rubi

Fox moth, Macrothylacia rubi, male, female, larva, pupa, chrysalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen

Background imageNoctua Collection: Double dart, pale shoulder, four-spotted moth and druid moth

Double dart, pale shoulder, four-spotted moth and druid moth
Double dart or soothsayer, Graphiphora augur 1, pale shoulder, Acontia lucida 2, 3, four-spotted moth, Tyta luctuosa 4, 5, and druid moth, Aedia funesta 6

Background imageNoctua Collection: Passenger moth, dun-bar and soothsayer

Passenger moth, dun-bar and soothsayer
Passenger moth, Dysgonia algira 1, dun-bar, Cosmia trapezina 2-3, double dart or soothsayer, Graphiphora augur 4, larvae 5-6

Background imageNoctua Collection: Handmaid moth and orange underwing moth

Handmaid moth and orange underwing moth
Handmaid moth, Dysauxes ancilla 1-3, and orange underwing, Archiearis parthenias 4-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge

Background imageNoctua Collection: Ruby tiger moth and peach blossom moth

Ruby tiger moth and peach blossom moth
Ruby tiger moth, Phragmatobia fuliginosa 1-5, and peach blossom moth, Thyatira batis 6-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageNoctua Collection: Large tiger moth, Pericallia matronula

Large tiger moth, Pericallia matronula
Large tiger moth, male and female, Pericallia matronula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der

Background imageNoctua Collection: Scarlet tiger moth and Jersey tiger moth

Scarlet tiger moth and Jersey tiger moth
Scarlet tiger moth, Callimorpha dominula 1-4, and Jersey tiger moth, Euplagia quadripunctaria 5-7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageNoctua Collection: Pharmacis carna, orange swift and gold swift moths

Pharmacis carna, orange swift and gold swift moths
Pharmacis carna 2-4, orange swift, Triodia sylvina 5, 6, and gold swift, Phymatopus hecta 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageNoctua Collection: Ghost moth and gold swift

Ghost moth and gold swift
Ghost moth, Hepialus humuli 1-4, and gold swift, Phymatopus hecta 5-7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen

Background imageNoctua Collection: Common swift moth, gold swift and Pharmacis carna

Common swift moth, gold swift and Pharmacis carna
Common swift moth, Korscheltellus lupulina 1-4, gold swift, Phymatopus hecta 5, and Pharmacis carna 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers

Background imageNoctua Collection: Small lappet and autumn silkworm moth

Small lappet and autumn silkworm moth
Small lappet, Phyllodesma ilicifolia, and autumn silkworm moth, Lemonia taraxaci. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge

Background imageNoctua Collection: Garden dart and other moths

Garden dart and other moths
Garden dart, Euxoa nigricans 1-3, Hadena filograna 4, antirrhinum brocade, Calophasia platyptera 5, Simyra nervosa 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann

Background imageNoctua Collection: Pine tree lappet and oak eggar moths

Pine tree lappet and oak eggar moths
Pine tree lappet variety, Dendrolimus pini 1, and oak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus larva, pupa, chyrsalis 2-6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph

Background imageNoctua Collection: Green silver-spangled shark, autumnal rustic and figure

Green silver-spangled shark, autumnal rustic and figure
Green silver-spangled shark, Cucullia argentea 1, 2, autumnal rustic, Eugnorisma glareosa 4, figure of eighty, Tethea ocularis 4-6

Background imageNoctua Collection: Saxon, shears, marsh dagger, brown-spot pinion, white-line

Saxon, shears, marsh dagger, brown-spot pinion, white-line
Saxon moth, Hyppa rectilinea 1, shears moth, Hada plebeja 2, 3, marsh dagger, Acronicta strigosa 4, brown-spot pinion, Agrochola litura 5, white-line dart, Euxoa nigrofusca 6, Opigena polygona 7

Background imageNoctua Collection: Grey shoulder knot, flounced chestnut and conformist

Grey shoulder knot, flounced chestnut and conformist
Grey shoulder knot, Lithophane ornitopus 1, 2, flounced chestnut, Agrochola helvola 3-5, conformist, Lithophane furcifera 6-9

Background imageNoctua Collection: Dusky sallow, ear moth and common rustic

Dusky sallow, ear moth and common rustic
Dusky sallow, Eremobia ochroleuca 1, 4, Cynaeda dentalis 2, 3, ear moth, Amphipoea oculea 5, 6, and common rustic, Mesapamea secalis 7

Background imageNoctua Collection: Pine beauty and latin moth

Pine beauty and latin moth
Pine beauty, Panolis flammea 1-6, and latin moth, Callopistria juventina 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Background imageNoctua Collection: Barred sallow and clay moth

Barred sallow and clay moth
Barred sallow, Tileacea aurago 1-4, and clay moth, Mythimna ferrago 5, 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Background imageNoctua Collection: Flounced chestnut, dotted chestnut, brown-line bright-eye

Flounced chestnut, dotted chestnut, brown-line bright-eye
Flounced chestnut, Agrochola helvola 1, 2, dotted chestnut, Conistra rubiginea 3, 4, brown-line bright-eye, Mythimna conigera 5, and treble lines, Charanyca trigrammica 6

Background imageNoctua Collection: Red-headed chestnut, toadflax brocade and grey shoulder knot

Red-headed chestnut, toadflax brocade and grey shoulder knot
Red-headed chestnut, Conistra erythrocephala 1-4, toadflax brocade, Calophasia lunula 5 and grey shoulder knot, Lithophane ornitopus 6

Background imageNoctua Collection: Burren green, sallow, angle-striped sallow and double

Burren green, sallow, angle-striped sallow and double
Burren green, Calamia tridens 1, sallow, Xanthia icteritia 2, angle-striped sallow, Enargia paleacea 3, 4, and double line, Mythimna turca 5, 6

Background imageNoctua Collection: Pine tree lappet, Dendrolimus pini

Pine tree lappet, Dendrolimus pini, male, female, larvae, pupa, chyrsalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Background imageNoctua Collection: Trichosea ludifica, Rhyacia lucipeta and Lamprosticta culta

Trichosea ludifica, Rhyacia lucipeta and Lamprosticta culta
Trichosea ludifica 1, 2, southern rustic, Rhyacia lucipeta 3, and Lamprosticta culta 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageNoctua Collection: Merveille du jour, scarce merveille du jour

Merveille du jour, scarce merveille du jour
Merveille du jour, Dichonia aprilina 1-4, scarce merveille du jour, Moma alpium 5-7, and marbled green, Cryphia muralis 8

Background imageNoctua Collection: Scarce dagger, sycamore, nutmeg and varied coronet moths

Scarce dagger, sycamore, nutmeg and varied coronet moths
Scarce dagger, Acronicta auricoma 1-3, sycamore moth, Acronicta aceris, nutmeg moth 4, 5, Hadula trifolii 6 and varied coronet, Hadena compta 7

Background imageNoctua Collection: Grey dagger and dark dagger moths

Grey dagger and dark dagger moths
Grey dagger, Acronicta psi 1-4, and dark dagger, Acronicta tridens 5-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen

Background imageNoctua Collection: Wormwood moth, alder moth and Cucullia tanaceti

Wormwood moth, alder moth and Cucullia tanaceti
Wormwood moth, Cucullia absinthii 1-3, alder moth, Acronicta alni 4-6, and Cucullia tanaceti 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageNoctua Collection: Gold spangle and other moths

Gold spangle and other moths
Gold spangle, Autographa bractea 1, 2, Euchalcia modestoides 3, 4, Lamprotes c-aureum 5 and Panchrysia deaurata 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann

Background imageNoctua Collection: Grey chi and sycamore moth

Grey chi and sycamore moth
Grey chi, Antitype chi 1 and sycamore moth, Acronicta aceris 2-7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach

Background imageNoctua Collection: Scarce silver Y, plain golden Y and gold spot

Scarce silver Y, plain golden Y and gold spot
Scarce silver Y, Syngrapha interrogationis 1, 2, plain golden Y, Autographa jota 3-5, gold spot, Plusia festucae 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann

Background imageNoctua Collection: Frosted orange moth and angle shades

Frosted orange moth and angle shades
Frosted orange moth, Gortyna flavago 1, 2, and angle shades, Phlogophora meticulosa 3-7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageNoctua Collection: Drinker moth, Euthrix potatoria

Drinker moth, Euthrix potatoria, male, female, larva, pupae. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach

Background imageNoctua Collection: Old lady, eastern alchymist, etc

Old lady, eastern alchymist, etc
Old lady or black underwing, Mormo maura 1, eastern alchymist, Aedia leucomelas 2, and Dypterygia scabriuscula 3, 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann

Background imageNoctua Collection: Catocala hymenaea, Amerila puella and Isturgia famula

Catocala hymenaea, Amerila puella and Isturgia famula
Catocala hymenaea 1, Amerila puella 2, 3, and Isturgia famula moths 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen

Background imageNoctua Collection: Catocala conversa, Catocala nymphaea and oak yellow

Catocala conversa, Catocala nymphaea and oak yellow
Catocala conversa 1-3, Catocala nymphaea 4, and oak yellow underwing, Catocala nymphagoga 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageNoctua Collection: Sweetfern underwing and oak yellow underwing

Sweetfern underwing and oak yellow underwing
Sweetfern underwing, Catocala antinympha 1-3, Catocala nymphaea 4, and oak yellow underwing, Catocala nymphagoga 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann

Background imageNoctua Collection: Lunar yellow underwing and Langmaids yellow underwing

Lunar yellow underwing and Langmaids yellow underwing
Lunar yellow underwing, Noctua orbona 1, and lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing or Langmaids yellow underwing, Noctua janthina 2-5

Background imageNoctua Collection: Broad-bordered yellow underwing, Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered yellow underwing, Noctua fimbriata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Background imageNoctua Collection: Clifden nonpareil, Catocala fraxini

Clifden nonpareil, Catocala fraxini
Blue underwing moth or Clifden nonpareil, Catocala fraxini. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der

Background imageNoctua Collection: Large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba

Large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba, and varieties. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Background imageNoctua Collection: Catocala coniuncta and Apopestes spectrum moths

Catocala coniuncta and Apopestes spectrum moths
Underwing moth, Catocala coniuncta 1, 2, and Apopestes spectrum 3, 4. Noctua coniuncta, Noctua spectrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers

Background imageNoctua Collection: Odonestis pruni moth

Odonestis pruni moth, larva, pupa, chrysalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Background imageNoctua Collection: Slender burnished brass, Thysanoplusia orichalcea

Slender burnished brass, Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Yorkshire burnished brass moth; Phalaena Noctua aerifera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany

Background imageNoctua Collection: Gold spangle moth, Autographa bractea

Gold spangle moth, Autographa bractea (Phalaena Noctua bractea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Background imageNoctua Collection: Noctua butterflies

Noctua butterflies
Pease blossom, Periphanes delphinii 1, cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera 2, yellow underwing, Anarta myrtilli 3, and large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba, larva and pupa 4

Background imageNoctua Collection: Amesia sanguiflua and milkweed tiger moth

Amesia sanguiflua and milkweed tiger moth
Amesia sanguiflua moth 1, 2, milkweed tiger, Euchaetes egle 3, and Noctua chera moth of Surinam 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Background imageNoctua Collection: Exotic moths including the female promethea silkworm

Exotic moths including the female promethea silkworm
Promethea silkmoth, Callosamia promethea (Saturnia promethea) female, dorsal 1, ventral 2, short-lined chocolate moth, Argyrostrotis anilis (Noctua anilis) 3, and figured tiger moth

Background imageNoctua Collection: Exotic moths including the tasar silkmoth

Exotic moths including the tasar silkmoth
Tasar silkmoth, Antheraea mylitta (Saturnia mylitta) 1, specious tiger moth, Asota speciosa (Noctua? speciosa) 2, and Hypocrita pylotis (Callimorpha? pylotis) 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Background imageNoctua Collection: Exotic moths

Exotic moths
Dotted rustic, Rhyacia simulans 1, Calodesma collaris 2, Brachyglene caenea 3, barred yellow, Cidaria fulvata 4, Noctua Calyptra lugubris 5, and Acontia margaritata 6

Background imageNoctua Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 348

Curtis British Entomology Plate 348
Lepidoptera: Triphaena consequa = Noctua comes ab. curtisii (Bute Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing) [Plant: Primula veris (Cowslip)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageNoctua Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 117

Curtis British Entomology Plate 117
Lepidoptera: Achatea spreta = Panolis flammea (Pine-destroying Noctua, Pine Beauty) Date: 1824-39

Background imageNoctua Collection: Little Owl perched on a branch

Little Owl perched on a branch
A Little Owl (Athene noctua) perched on a branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageNoctua Collection: Little owl, Strix passerina, Athene noctua

Little owl, Strix passerina, Athene noctua.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageNoctua Collection: Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Urani?, Hydra, Felis, Lupus

Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Urani?, Hydra, Felis, Lupus
Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniae, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica

Background imageNoctua Collection: Whittaker Star Map 27

Whittaker Star Map 27
Including Noctua and Corvus


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