Table 3.

Summary table of individual moth species flown on tethered flight mills. All individuals were males

Species	N flown	Suction trap score	Expert opinion	Score	Mobility category	Total distance (m)	Maximum speed (m/sec)
Agrotis exclamationis	18	1	1	2.0	Medium	6935	1.458
Agrotis puta	8	1	1.2	2.2	Medium	597	0.743
Amphipoea oculea	11		0.8	0.8	Low	1580	0.962
Amphipyra pyramidea	14		0.8	0.8	Low	12352	1.799
Apamea monoglypha	39	1	1.4	2.4	High	9036	2.059
Autographa gamma	13	1	2	3.0	High	5168	1.535
Axylia putris	14		0.6	0.6	Low	2474	0.979
Hoplodrina alsines	13		0.8	0.8	Low	2647	1.152
Hoplodrina ambigua	13		1.4	1.4	Medium	1166	0.974
Hydraecia micacea	23		0.6	0.6	Low	2647	1.163
Lacanobia oleracea	16		0.6	0.6	Low	3756	1.352
Mesapamea didyma	10	1	0.8	1.8	Medium	3598	1.112
Mesapamea secalis	16	1	0.8	1.8	Medium	3574	1.046
Mythimna impura	11		0.8	0.8	Low	1581	0.807
Mythimna pallens	19		0.8	0.8	Low	2675	0.882
Noctua comes	26		1.2	1.2	Medium	6548	1.474
Noctua janthe	13		1.4	1.4	Medium	4489	1.215
Noctua pronuba	37	1	2	3.0	High	11596	1.623
Ochropleura plecta	20		1	1.0	Low	626	0.697
Omphaloscelis lunosa	16		1	1.0	Low	1693	1.286
Phlogophora meticulosa	10	1	1.6	2.6	High	9501	1.877
Xestia c‐nigrum	59	1	1.4	2.4	High	5903	1.17
Xestia triangulum	12		0.8	0.8	Low	5254	1.478
Xestia xanthographa	25	1	0.8	1.8	Medium	4193	0.936

Mobility category was assigned by summing scores from suction trap data and expert survey. One point was assigned if species were in the top 25% of species caught in Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) suction traps (mean yearly catch over period 2000–2009). Expert opinion was the mean value of responses where five experts were asked to assign species to categories of low (0), medium (1), and high (2) mobility (see Table 2). “Score” sums these two methods of classification and mobility category was assigned according to thresholds: ≤1 = Low, >1 to ≤2 = Medium and >2 = High. Species mean values for the tethered flight variables “Total distance flown overnight” and “maximum speed” are also shown.