(I'm not sure if English names have been allocated to some of the micro families so apologies if they have and I've made up the wrong ones...)
Sorrel Bent-wing Opostega salaciella - singles in my garden on 16th and 23rd July 2019 and one on 30th June 2020. I'd only recorded 2 here before (2016 and 2017). Also found at the meadows on 6th and 23rd June 2019 and 9th June 2020. Elsewhere 4 together at dusk at Pennyghael on Mull on 13th June 2019.
Sorrel Bent-wing Opostega salaciella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th June 2019
Mint Bent-wing Pseudopostega crepusculella - None. I've only seen this species once before and never locally.
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LIFTS (HELIOZELIDAE)
Four-spot Lift Antispila metallella - None. I've never seen this species but although it's described as rare there are quite a few records in Norfolk, and there's plenty of Dogwood (its foodplant) at the meadows.
Yellow-spot Lift Antispila petryi - None. Another Dogwood feeder I've never seen but that could potentially occur locally.
Oak Satin Lift Heliozela sericella - Seen at the meadows on 20th (2) and 30th April 2019. The only species of this family that I have found as adults anywhere so far, and I've not recorded it at home yet. I usually find this species during the day flying around underneath Oak trees, sometimes in good numbers, but didn't find any in 2020.
Oak Satin Lift Heliozela sericella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th April 2019
Alder Lift Heliozela resplendella - None. I've only seen mines of this species but there's plenty of Alder in the area so hopefully I'll find adults locally at some point.
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LONG-HORNS (ADELIDAE)
Yellow-barred Long-horn Nemophora degeerella - 1-2 at the meadows on 3 dates between 6th and 21st June 2019 and on 3rd and 20th June 2020. I've not recorded this common day-flying species in my garden yet. This is the only Nemophora I've seen - none of the other 4 Norfolk species are particularly common (except perhaps metallica in the Brecks) but any of them could conceivably turn up locally.
Yellow-barred Long-horn Nemophora degeerella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th June 2019
Yellow-barred Long-horn Nemophora degeerella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th June 2020
Green Long-horn Adela reaumurella - At least 5 lekking on Dogwood along the disused railway at the meadows on 26th April 2019, with fewer there still on 2nd May. Recorded at the meadows on 4 dates in 2020 between 24th April and 15th May including at least 12 lekking on 12th May. Another common day-flying moth that is missing from my garden list.
Green Long-horns Adela reaumurella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 26th April 2019
Green Long-horn Adela reaumurella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 2nd May 2019
Green Long-horn Adela reaumurella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th May 2020
Early Long-horn Adela cuprella - None. I've seen this species at Bittering so it's not far away, and there is suitable foodplant round here so I wouldn't be surprised to find it at the meadows.
Small Barred Long-horn Adela croesella - None. I'm yet to find this species locally but there's no reason why it shouldn't occur round here.
Little Long-horn Cauchas fibulella - None. Another one I've not seen locally but could potentially occur round here.
Meadow Long-horn Cauchas rufimitrella - 3 at the meadows on 15th May and 5 on 25th May 2019. Of the 5 one was on Garlic Mustard as you'd expect but the other 4 were on Wintercress which isn't listed as a larval foodplant for this species. However, there is Garlic Mustard and Cuckoo-flower growing in the vicinity, both of which are foodplants, so they the larvae may have come from those. None of the other Cauchas species recorded in 2019. None seen in 2020 and not yet recorded at home.
Meadow Long-horn Cauchas rufimitrella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 25th May 2019
Sandy Long-horn Nematopogon schwarziellus - None. I found this species at my previous house in Bawdeswell but I'm yet to record it in North Elmham. It appears to be the scarcest of the 3 similar species in Norfolk.
Buff Long-horn Nematopogon metaxella - One in the garden moth trap on 21st June 2020, my first here since 2017 (3 previous records, 2 in 2015 and the one in 2017). At the meadows 2 on 31st May 2019 and singles on 17th May and 18th June 2020.
Buff Long-horn Nematopogon metaxella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 31st May 2019
Buff Long-horn Nematopogon metaxella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 17th May 2020
Large Long-horn Nematopogon swammerdamella - One with a broken antenna in my garden moth trap on 2nd June 2019 was only my second here (following one in 2017). None elsewhere this year and none anywhere in 2020.
Large Long-horn Nematopogon swammerdamella, North Elmham, 2nd June 2019
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