Published 25th January 2026

Peer-reviewed Papers:

Second update to A Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles (Second edition), 2014. David J. L. Agassiz, S. D. Beavan & R. J. Heckford 1-7

Phyllocnistis triandricola Voith, Aarvik & Berggren, 2023 (Lep.: Gracillariidae) new to the UK. Seb Buckton 8-14

Was the butterfly photographed at the Languard Nature Reserve, Suffolk, UK, on 2 August 2025 really Southern Small White Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)? Peter J. C. Russell15-18

Parornix atripalpella Wahlström, 1979 (Lep.: Gracillariidae): discovery of the larva in the British Isles. S. D. Beavan, R. J. Heckford & W. B. V. Langdon 19-36

A possible example of industrial melanism in the Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus (Thunberg) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in south-east London. John F. Burton 40-44

Rearing Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844) (Lep.: Lycaenidae, Polyommatini) larvae under laboratory conditions. Peter J. C. Russell 49-51


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Notes:

Interesting Micro-moths from East Ross-shire in 2025. Peter Hall 36-39

Radford’s Flame Shoulder Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer [1831]) (Lep.: Noctuidae) new for Scotland. Barry E. Prater 45-47

Southern Micro-moths to gladden a northern Lepidopterist’s heart. Mark Young 47

A novel variety of tip colour on the eighth abdominal segment of the larva of Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lep.: Noctuidae). Stella Beavan 48

Book Review:

Riverfly Handbook 52