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Number of species:
This month: 143

 

Monday 31 August 2009

 

Partly cloudy, light breeze, 9°C.

A fairly chilly night (for the time of year) so the relatively small catch came as no real surprise.

Tortricidae

• 1 Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana Hb.
• 2 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.

Crambidae

• 2 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 3 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea Haw.
• 3 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Knoch
• 1 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 2 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Noctuidae

• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 18 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 18 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 5 Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis Scop.

 

Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 August 2009

 

Another inexcusably trapless weekend.

 

Friday 28 August 2009

 

No record.

Stupidly I forgot to make a note of the overnight weather conditions but judging by the variety and size of the catch I can only assume they were pretty good.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella Linn.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Streaked Flat-body Depressaria chaerophylli Zell.

Tortricidae

• 1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 3 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.

Crambidae

• 1 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 8 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 5 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea Haw.
• 1 Chequered Grass-veneer Catoptria falsella D. & S.
• 1 Marsh Grey Eudonia pallida Curt.
• 5 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.
• 1 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Pyralidae

• 2 Wax Moth Galleria mellonella Linn.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Maiden’s Blush Cyclophora punctaria Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria Haw.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Noctuidae

• 1 Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon Hufn.
• 4 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 94 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 5 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 15 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 3 Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa D. & S.
• 1 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 2 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Linn.
• 1 Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea Linn.
• 2 Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletch.
• 1 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 2 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis Scop.
• 1 Dark Spectacle Abrostola triplasia Linn.

 

Wednesday 19 - Thursday 27 August 2009

 

Holiday in Devon (no room in car for trap (tearful sobs)).

 

Tuesday 18 August 2009

 

Cool and mainly clear, 12°C, breezy.

Somewhat down on yesterday and nothing particularly exciting to report, the highlights were the first Cypress Pug and Old Lady of the year.

Tortricidae

• 2 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.

Crambidae

• 3 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis Linn.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Cypress Pug Eupithecia phoeniceata Ramb.
• 1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 3 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Notodontidae

• 3 Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma Fabr.

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 7 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 13 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 5 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 1 Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi View.
• 11 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 3 Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata Haw.
• 2 Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletch.
• 1 Old Lady Mormo maura Linn.
• 1 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 2 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Nut-Tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.

 

Monday 17 August 2009

 

Clear at first becoming cloudy, 13°C, breezy.

Pretty busy, with increasing numbers of Large Yellow Underwing, but also Setaceous Hebrew Character and others also appearing in unusually large numbers. A new species to start the week too, a Pine Leaf-mining Moth.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella Linn.
• 1 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zell.
• 1 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Blastobasidae

• 4 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Dark Triangle Button Acleris laterana Fabr.
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Common Roller Ancylis badiana D. & S.
• 1 Pine Leaf-mining Moth Clavigesta purdeyi Durrant
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Crambidae

• 1 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 2 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 1 Chequered Grass-veneer Catoptria falsella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis Linn.
• 1 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Geometridae

• 1 Maiden’s Blush Cyclophora punctaria Linn.
• 1 Blood-vein Timandra comae Schmidt
• 1 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata Hufn.
• 1 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn.
• 2 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 1 Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata Cl.
• 2 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 1 Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria Haw.
• 8 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Notodontidae

• 1 Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma Fabr.
• 1 Swallow Prominent Pheosia tremula Cl.

Noctuidae

• 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 5 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 31 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Hb.
• 7 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 17 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 2 Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata Haw.
• 1 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Linn.
• 1 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica Hufn.
• 2 Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea Linn.
• 3 Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletch.
• 3 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 2 Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea D. & S.
• 1 Gold Spot Plusia festucae Linn.
• 1 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Sunday 16 August 2009

 

Inexcusable but true, no trap again.

 

Saturday 15 August 2009

 

Too busy to get myself sorted out enough to do any trapping.

 

Friday 14 August 2009

 

Mainly cloudy, 15°C, still.

Pretty busy but nothing earth-shattering.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella Linn.

Tortricidae

• 1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.

Crambidae

• 1 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 5 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 2 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea Haw.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis Linn.
• 1 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Pyralidae

• 1 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Linn.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Hb.

Geometridae

• 1 Treble Brown Spot Idaea trigeminata Haw.
• 1 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 2 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 2 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 2 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 4 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata Scop.

Sphingidae

• 1 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 4 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 12 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 7 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 1 Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi View.
• 6 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Linn.
• 1 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Linn.
• 2 Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea Linn.
• 1 Double Kidney Ipimorpha retusa Linn.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 6 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 1 Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea D. & S.
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 2 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Thursday 13 August 2009

 

Partly cloudy, 12°C, light wind.

A fairly decent catch, not quite as many species as we had on Tuesday but we did get another apparently scarce tortricid, this time an Ox-tongue Conch, the identity of which was confirmed by John Langmaid (he also confirmed the identity of Tuesday’s Southern Bell - thamks John).

Gelechiidae

• 1 Cinerous Groundling Bryotropha terrella D. & S.

Blastobasidae

• 3 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 1 Ox-tongue Conch Cochylis molliculana Zell.
• 1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana Hb.

Crambidae

• 2 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 5 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 2 Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea Haw.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis Linn.
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.
• 2 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Pyralidae

• 1 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Linn.
• 4 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Geometridae

• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata Hufn.
• 2 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 1 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata Müll.
• 1 Phoenix Eulithis prunata Linn.
• 2 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 2 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Notodontidae

• 1 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius Linn.

Lymantriidae

• 1 Black Arches Lymantria monacha Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 2 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 12 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 23 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 4 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 8 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi
• 5 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 1 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Wednesday 12 August 2009

 

No trapping tonight I’m afraid.

 

Tuesday 11 August 2009

 

Damp, drizzly and overcast at first, clearing later, 15°C, breezy.

A much busier night than last night, nothing new to declare but plenty of interesting species including another False Mocha, and the first Azalea Leaf Miner of the year but top of the list is a Southern Bell, a nationally scarce (Na) species found more usually along the south coast.

Gracillariidae

• 1 Azalea Leaf Miner Caloptilia azaleella Brants

Yponomeutidae

• 3 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Gelechiidae

• 1 Cinerous Groundling Bryotropha terrella D. & S.

Blastobasidae

• 4 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 1 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana Fabr.
• 1 Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana D. & S.
• 3 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Southern Bell Crocidosema plebejana Zell.
• 1 Hoary Bell Eucosma cana Haw.
• 1 Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana D. & S.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Crambidae

• 4 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 6 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 1 Chequered Grass-veneer Catoptria falsella D. & S.
• 1 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.
• 1 Small Grey Eudonia mercurella Linn.
• 1 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis Linn.
• 2 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Pyralidae

• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Pterophoridae

• 2 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 False Mocha Cyclophora porata Linn.
• 1 Blood-vein Timandra comae Schmidt
• 1 Treble Brown Spot Idaea trigeminata Haw.
• 1 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata Hufn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 3 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 5 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Lymantriidae

• 1 Black Arches Lymantria monacha Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.

Noctuidae

• 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 8 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 20 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi
• 1 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica Hufn.
• 3 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 3 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 1 Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 3 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Monday 10 August 2009

 

Mainly clear, 11°C, still.

Bit disappointing really, mind you it was a bit cooler than it’s been of late.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 2 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana D. & S.
• 2 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Crambidae

• 3 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 3 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 6 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Blood-vein Timandra comae Schmidt
• 1 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata Hufn.
• 2 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 1 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 1 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata D. & s.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 3 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata Scop.

Noctuidae

• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 3 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 2 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 3 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 2 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 5 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Sunday 09 August 2009

 

I’m kidding myself it wouldn’t have been a very good night anyway.

 

Saturday 08 August 2009

 

Mainly clear, 14°C, light breeze.

Nothing much to report today except for the fact that I probably got up too late.

Lyonetiidae

• 1 Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella Linn.

Tortricidae

• 1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Dark Triangle Button Acleris laterana Fabr.
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.

Crambidae

• 1 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 3 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 7 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Notodontidae

• 1 Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma Fabr.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum D. & S.
• 1 Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon Hufn.
• 7 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 3 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 9 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 3 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Friday 07 August 2009

 

Heavy, continuous rain at first turning to drizzle later, 16°C, still.

The thought of going trapless for two days on the trot didn’t bear thinking about so, despite the weather forecast I decided to go for it. Unsurprisingly the trap was a bit on the damp side in the morning but teeming with moths. Not really very much more variety than we’ve been seeing of late but many more individuals than has been the norm. Only one new species to report (only!), it’s what I believe to be a Small Red Slender, the main distinguishing feature being the white bands on the dark brown forelegs.

Lyonetiidae

• 1 Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella Linn.

Gracillariidae

• 1 Small Red Slender Caloptilia rufipennella Hb.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Common Flat-body Agonopterix heracliana Fabr.

Gelechiidae

• 2 Cinerous Groundling Bryotropha terrella D. & S.
• 1 House Groundling Bryotropha domestica Haw.

Blastobasidae

• 5 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham
• 1 Marsh Dowd Blastobasis rebeli Karsholt & Sinev

Momphidae

• 1 Common Cosmet Mompha epilobiella D. & S.

Tortricidae

• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 4 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana Hb.
• 2 Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana D. & S.

Crambidae

• 1 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 1 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 5 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella D. & S.
• 1 Chequered Pearl Evergestis pallidata Hufn.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.
• 1 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Pyralidae

• 2 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Drepanidae

• 1 Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria Hufn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 5 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 3 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 2 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn.
• 1 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata Müll.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 2 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Lesser Treble-bar Aplocera efformata Guen.
• 1 Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata D. & S.
• 2 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 1 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 1 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Fabr.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata Scop.

Arctiidae

• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.

Noctuidae

• 7 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 7 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 9 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 7 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 3 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 1 Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca D. & S.
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 2 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.
• 1 Nut-Tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.
• 1 Spectacle Abrostola tripartita Hufn.
• 6 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Thursday 06 August 2009

 

Would have been a pretty good night were it not for the fact that Phoebe was having a sleep-over with all here mates in a tent in the garden and I don’t think they would have appreciated having the moth trap shining away right next door.

I’m having a few reservations about yesterday’s Wood Carpet, when I was checking it out I thought I definitely had it right but I have since found a couple photos of Common Carpet which bear a pretty close resemblance so now I’m not so certain.

 

Wednesday 05 August 2009

 

Partially cloudy, 16°C, very light breeze.

Well, August is proving to be a pretty fruitful month - so far. We had another fairly prolific night again last night but, this time, we had three new species, each one of which took a bit of careful study to establish precisely its identity each having a close relative that appears very similar. The first of these was a Lesser Treble-bar (not a Treble-bar), the second a pretty tatty Double Kidney (not Olive) and finally a Wood Carpet (not a Common Carpet - or for that matter, a Sharp-angled Carpet).

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Oecophoridae

• 2 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stt.
• 2 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Linn.

Gelechiidae

• 1 House Groundling Bryotropha domestica Haw.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 2 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana D. & S.
• 1 Common Roller Ancylis badiana D. & S.
• 2 Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana D. & S.

Crambidae

• 1 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 1 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 5 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 14 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.
• 1 Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis Hb.
• 1 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Drepanidae

• 1 Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria Hufn.
• 1 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 3 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn.
• 1 Wood Carpet Epirrhoe rivata Hb.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 2 Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Haw.
• 1 Lesser Treble-bar Aplocera efformata Guen.
• 1 Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata D. & S.
• 1 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Fabr.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata Scop.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 4 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 5 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 4 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Double Kidney Ipimorpha retusa Linn.
• 2 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 2 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Hufn.
• 4 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

 

Tuesday 04 August 2009

 

Clear at first, becoming overcast, 15°C, breezy.

A much warmer and more productive night. Yet again a new species and one that I think might have taken me a very long time to identify had it not been for a flash of inspiration. My first thought was that it was a Cochylid, if maybe a little on the large side, but after no success in that department I was just about to start browsing the Crambidae when it dawned on me that maybe its "snout" might be a clue to its true identity! I was right, it wasn’t a so called "micro" at all but a Noctuid - a Pinion-streaked Snout. It was also interesting to see the first Copper Underwing of the year too and to be able to compare its palps with those of Svensson’s Copper Underwing, pale brown and uniformly coloured compared to Svensson’s dark palps with pale tips.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stt.

Blastobasidae

• 2 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham
• 1 Marsh Dowd Blastobasis rebeli Karsholt & Sinev

Tortricidae

• 1 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana Fabr.
• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana D. & S.
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Common Roller Ancylis badiana D. & S.
• 3 Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana D. & S.
• 2 Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana Hb.

Crambidae

• 2 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 3 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 7 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.

Pyralidae

• 2 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 3 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 2 Barred Rivulet Perizoma bifaciata Haw.
• 2 Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata Cl.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata Linn.
• 1 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata Scop.

Arctiidae

• 1 Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata Forst.
• 2 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 3 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 8 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea Linn.
• 2 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 2 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Small Clouded Brindle Apamea unanimis Hb.
• 3 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Nut-Tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.
• 2 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.
• 1 Pinion-streaked Snout Schrankia costaestrigalis Steph.

 

Monday 03 August 2009

 

Mainly clear, 11°C, breezy.

Cooler, fresher conditions resulted in another meagre catch one or two interesting species though and another new one, a Two-spotted Neb (apparently a neb is a nose or a bird’s beak).

Gelechiidae

• 1 Two-spotted Neb Eulamprotes atrella D. & S.

Tortricidae

• 1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.

Crambidae

• 1 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella D. & S.
• 1 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata Hufn.
• 1 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 2 Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Nut-Tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.

 

Sunday 02 August 2009

 

It started raining early Saturday afternoon and hadn’t stopped by nightfall so I didn’t bother putting the trap out.

 

Saturday 01 August 2009

 

Overcast, 16°C, light breeze.

A much warmer night and, thankfully, a much more productive one too. Three times as many species to start the month than we had to finish last month. Two new species to get the month off to a good start: a Small China-mark which was on its last legs in the trap and was more or less moribund by the time I got around to photographing it. The other new species was what I think is probably a Dark Groundling (the commonest of three similar species but this one seems to be the best fit visually)> A particularly well marked Grey Knot-horn which I initially thought might be a Thicket Knot-horn eventually caused me to start wondering whether I have misidentified some Broad-barred Knot-horn (Acrobasis consociella) as Grey Knot-horn in the past few weeks, I’ll have to be more careful.

Yponomeutidae

• 2 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Linn.

Coleophoridae

• 1 Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella Zell.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stt.

Gelechiidae

• 1 Dark Groundling Bryotropha affinis Haw.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella Walsingham

Momphidae

• 1 Common Cosmet Mompha epilobiella D. & S.

Tortricidae

• 1 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana Fabr.
• 2 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Hoary Bell Eucosma cana Haw.
• 1 Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana D. & S.

Alucitidae

• 1 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Crambidae

• 1 Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 4 Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 5 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 2 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Meadow Grey Scoparia pyralella D. & S.
• 1 Small Grey Eudonia mercurella Linn.
• 1 Small China-mark Cataclysta lemnata Linn.

Pyralidae

• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Drepanidae

• 1 Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria Hufn.

Geometridae

• 2 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Linn.
• 5 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata Linn.
• 2 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Arctiidae

• 3 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 6 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Hb.
• 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 2 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Common/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea Agg.
• 1 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis Scop.
• 1 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.