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Thursday 31 July 2008

Weather: Warm, overcast, one or two brief showers, light breeze.

Day 369… I think the rain came a little too late in the night to have any effect on the moths, it wasn’t a bad night with quite a few moths in the trap, there wasn’t anything of any great consequence though. There was an interesting selection of variations on the Common/Lesser Common Rustic theme which took a little while to untangle and also our first Marbled Beauty of the year. The catch was as follows:

Tineidae

• 1 Skin Moth Monopis laevigella D. & S.

Lyonetiinae

• 1 Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella Linn
• 1 Daisy Bent-wing Bucculatrix nigricomella Zeller

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller
• 1 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Curt.

Gelechiidae

• 2 Common Groundling Teleiodes vulgella D. & S.

Oecophoridae

• 2 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stain.

Tortricidae

• 1 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana Fabr.
• 2 Light-brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Light Grey Tortrix Cnephasia incertana Treit.

Alucitidae

• 5 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

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

Geometridae

• 3 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata Linn.
• 2 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 1 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Notodontidae

• 1 Sallow Kitten Furcula furcula Cl.
• 1 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius Linn.

Lymantriidae

• 1 Brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea Linn.
• 3 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Fuessl.

Arctiidae

• 2 Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata Forst.
• 3 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 2 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.
• 1 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 7 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 6 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 2 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Clay Mythimna ferrago Fabr.
• 1 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 2 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Linn.
• 1 Marbled Beauty Cryphia domestica Hufn.
• 5 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 3 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis Linn. (or Poss. Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea didyma Esp.)
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 2 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.
• 1 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

Marbled Beauty

Wednesday 30 July 2008

Weather: Mild, mostly clear, breezy.

Day 368… Tuesday night’s storms heralded the arrival of much fresher conditions, last night was almost cold by comparison. Another good turnout in the trap this morning but nothing new though. The catch was as follows:

Yponomeutidae

• 2 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis lignea Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 1 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana Fabr.
• 2 Light-brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana Haw.

Alucitidae

• 1 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

• 1 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 2 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata Linn.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.

Lasiocampidae

• 1 Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus Linn.

Drepanidae

• 1 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Pine Carpet Thera firmata Hb.
• 1 Currant Pug Eupithecia assimilata Doubl.
• 1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 1 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 3 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Notodontidae

• 1 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius Linn.

Lymantriidae

• 2 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Fuessl.

Arctiidae

• 2 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 2 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.
• 1 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.
• 2 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 3 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 3 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata Schreb.
• 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 1 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 3 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Linn.
• 2 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis Linn. (or Poss. Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea didyma Esp.)
• 1 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 2 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.
• 2 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

Tuesday 29 July 2008

Weather: Very warm, thundery rain, blustery.

Day 367… Not quite what I expected, I was labouring under the misapprehension that we might possibly get a storm and a bit of rain in the night, I certainly wasn’t expecting two thunder storms and an awful lot of rain. The trap was just a little soggy this morning but I’m glad to say there weren’t any casualties. It was a pretty good catch though with three more new species to add to the list. To find the identity of one of these, the Flame Neb (huh? Neb…?) I had to appeal to the good people of the ukmicromoths forum, at the same time the identity of yesterday’s unknown was also found - it was a Nemapogon of some sort and on closer examination I think it’s Cork Moth (based mostly on the fact that this is the commonest of the three or four similar species it could be). Our other new species were a Currant Pug (probably…) and a Nutmeg. The catch was as follows:

Tineidae

• 1 Skin Moth Monopis laevigella D. & S.

Yponomeutidae

• 2 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller

Gelechiidae

• 1 Flame Neb Chrysoesthia drurella Fabr.
• 1 Common Groundling Teleiodes vulgella D. & S.

Blastobasidae

• 1 Dingy Dowd Blastobasis lignea Walsingham

Tortricidae

• 1 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana Fabr.
• 2 Light-brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Triple-blotched Bell Epiblema trimaculana Haw.

Pyralidae

• 1 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 4 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 3 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 5 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.
• 1 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.
• 2 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.

Lasiocampidae

• 1 Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus Linn.

Geometridae

• 3 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 2 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Pine Carpet Thera firmata Hb.
• 1 Currant Pug Eupithecia assimilata Doubl.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata D. & S.
• 2 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 2 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.

Sphingidae

• 1 Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe populi Linn.

Lymantriidae

• 2 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Fuessl.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 5 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.
• 2 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 7 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 2 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Nutmeg Discestra trifolii Hufn.
• 1 Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletch.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 2 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis Linn. (or Poss. Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea didyma Esp.)
• 1 Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca D. & S.
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.
• 1 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Scop.

Flame Neb

Currant Pug

Nutmeg

Dusky Sallow

Monday 28 July 2008

Weather: Very warm, partly cloudy, still.

Day 367… An exceptionally warm and humid night which surprisingly didn’t yield a particularly large number of moths, there were quite a few but not quite as many as I would have expected. Doesn’t matter a jot as we did catch an undoubted star, a lovely, pristine female (of course - the males being day flying) Oak Eggar. Another new species was what I believe to be a Slender Pug, it looks right to me but it is a Pug so I really am not sure. We also had a couple of pyral curiosities; a Ringed China-mark and a Gold Triangle amongst other things. The catch was as follows:

Tineidae

• 1 Cork Moth Nemapogon cloacella Haw.

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller
• 1 White-headed Ermel Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Scharfenberg

Coleophoridae

• 1 Coleophora Sp.

Tortricidae

• 2 Light-brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana Haw.
• 2 Acorn Piercer Pammene fasciana Linn.

Pyralidae

• 2 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 2 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata Linn.
• 1 Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis Fabr.

Lasiocampidae

• 1 Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus Linn.

Geometridae

• 3 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 3 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 2 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Pine Carpet Thera firmata Hb.
• 1 Slender Pug Eupithecia tenuiata Hb.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Linn.
• 1 Purple Thorn Selenia tetralunaria Hufn.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.

Notodontidae

• 1 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina Cl.

Lymantriidae

• 2 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Fuessl.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 3 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.
• 1 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.
• 2 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 4 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 2 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 2 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Linn.
• 2 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis Linn. (or Poss. Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea didyma Esp.)
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.

Cork Moth Ringed China-mark

Gold Triangle Oak Eggar

Slender Pug

Sunday 27 July 2008

Weather: Warm, partly cloudy with one or two light showers, still.

Day 366… An even warmer and more humid night and a few more moths too. In fact it was a bit of a cracker, with three and a half new species. The half was Apple Leaf Miner, I say half because of the discovery of leaf mines and cocoons a couple of days ago - these is the first adults we’ve seen. The three whole species, were, a Daisy Bent-wing (yes, really), a Least Yellow Underwing and Cloaked Minor. We also had, in the trap, the first Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing and a beautiful fresh Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing which flew off almost the moment we looked at it which was a shame, it would have made for a good photo. The catch was as follows:

Lyonetiinae

• 3 Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella Linn
• 1 Daisy Bent-wing Bucculatrix nigricomella Zeller

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller

Tortricidae

• 2 Light-brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana Hb.
• 3 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Alucitidae

• 2 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

• 3 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 2 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 3 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.

Pterophoridae

• 2 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia D. & S.
• 1 Phoenix Eulithis prunata Linn.
• 1 Pine Carpet Thera firmata Hb.
• 1 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata D. & S.
• 1 Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata D. & S.
• 1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Linn.
• 1 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Fabr.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.

Notodontidae

• 1 Sallow Kitten Furcula furcula Cl.
• 1 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina Cl.

Lymantriidae

• 2 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Fuessl.

Arctiidae

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

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 5 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 5 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata Schreb.
• 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Borkh.
• 1 Least Yellow Underwing Noctua interjecta Hb.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi D. & S./Linn.
• 2 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa Hb. f. obscura Haw.
• 1 Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula D. & S.
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.

Apple Leaf Miner Daisy Bent-wing

Red Twin-spot Carpet Sallow Kitten

Least Yellow Underwing Cloaked Minor

Saturday 26 July 2008

Weather: Warm, partly overcast, breezy.

Day 365… A whole year of trapping! More of the same on the weather front and pretty much more of the same on the moth front too, another good night (not quite as many as last night) with a good selection of species. Yet again, a very different selection to last night’s which included a Lime-speck Pug and Apple Ermine, which I know is difficult, if not impossible to differentiate from some other Yponomeuta species but as the trap was more or less directly below the branches of a large apple tree I’m going on probabilities. Also a Dusky Sallow which was not only very tatty it was only our second record.

Loobi and I had a great day yesterday trudging over the downs at Friston and then back to Mr Blencowe’s to admire the contents of his traps. No moth photos to show for it but I’ve put a couple of butterfly shots on here.

The [moth] catch was as follows:

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Apple Ermine Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller

Gelechiidae

• 1 Common Groundling Teleiodes vulgella D. & S.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Golden-brown Tubic Batia unitella Hb.

Tortricidae

• 1 Light-brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana Haw.

Pyralidae

• 3 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 4 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis Zell.
• 1 Grey Knot-horn Trachycera advenella Zinck.
• 1 Dotted Oak Knot-horn Phycita roborella D. & S.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Blood-vein Scopula imitaria Hb.
• 8 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Pine Carpet Thera firmata Hb.
• 1 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata D. & S.
• 4 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Peppered Moth Biston betularia Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.
• 1 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.
• 1 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum Hufn.
• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Nolidae

• 1 Kent Black Arches Meganola albula D. & S.

Noctuidae

• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 4 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 True Lover’s Knot Lycophotia porphyrea D. & S.
• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 1 Clay Mythimna ferrago Fabr.
• 2 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 9 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 2 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis Linn. (or Poss. Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea didyma Esp.)
• 1 Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca D. & S.
• 1 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 3 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.

Apple Ermine Grey Knot-horn

Lime-speck Pug Chalkhill Blue

Small Copper

Friday 25 July 2008

Weather: Warm, overcast, light wind.

Day 364… Another warm night and another good turnout. There wasn’t anything particularly earth shattering, but there was one new species a Holly Tortrix. We also had what I think was a Clouded Brindle (it was a bit worn), an equally worn Gothic, and another thorn, this time an Early Thorn, shame it didn’t come yesterday, we’d have had four Thorns then. Ahem… it’s er… confession time. We did have another new species, not in the trap but attracted to the light in the bathroom. When I was going to bed last night I went into the bathroom (as one does) and in through the open window flew a reasonably large green moth which started spiralling around the light, I managed to get it to settle only to discover it was a Scarce Silver-lines. I rushed downstairs to grab a pot, rushed back and spent the next five minutes trying to relocate the moth only to discover that in my haste I had stepped on it leaving a rather sad, pale green, triangular imprint on the bathroom floor. The catch, squashed or otherwise, was as follows:

Gelechiidae

• 1 Four-spotted Obscure Oegoconia quadripuncta Hufn.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Golden-brown Tubic Batia unitella Hb.

Tortricidae

• 1 Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana Hb.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Alucitidae

• 2 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

• 2 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 2 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Satin Grass-veneer Crambus perlella Scop.
• 2 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.
• 2 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis Zell.
• 1 Dotted Oak Knot-horn Phycita roborella D. & S.

Pterophoridae

• 1 White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.
• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Thyatiridae

• 1 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides Hufn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 1 White-spotted Pug Eupithecia tripunctaria H-S.
• 1 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Fabr.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.

Notodontidae

• 1 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina Cl.

Lymantriidae

• 2 Brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.
• 1 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.
• 1 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum Hufn.

Nolidae

• 1 Kent Black Arches Meganola albula D. & S.

Noctuidae

• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 2 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 9 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 True Lover’s Knot Lycophotia porphyrea D. & S.
• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 1 Gothic Naenia typica Linn.
• 1 Clay Mythimna ferrago Fabr.
• 2 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Linn.
• 1 Coronet Craniophora ligustri D. & S.
• 2 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 2 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Clouded Brindle Apamea epomidion Haw.
• 1 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis Linn. (or Poss. Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea didyma Esp.)
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 3 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Scarce Silver-lines Bena bicolorana Linn.
• 1 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.

Holly Tortrix Clouded Brindle

Thursday 24 July 2008

Weather: Warm, mainly clear, slight breeze.

Day 363… Ah yes, a lovely warm night and it has had a very positive effect on moth numbers. Some real highlights too; a selection of thorns, Dusky Thorn, Purple Thorn (only the second time we’ve seen this species) and Canary-shouldered Thorn. We also had two Pebble Hook-tip and a Golden-brown Tubic, which means we can get rid of another orange asterisk, the only other time we’ve seen this one was in Devon last August. There was a new species too, a White-headed Ermel, a moth whose scientific name, Paraswammerdamia albicapitella, is probably just a little too big for such a tiny moth. The catch was as follows:

Yponomeutidae

• 1 White-headed Ermel Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Scharfenberg

Gelechiidae

• 2 Orange Crest Helcystogramma rufescens Haw.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Golden-brown Tubic Batia unitella Hb.

Tortricidae

• 1 Light-brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 1 Acorn Piercer Pammene fasciana Linn.
• 2 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Alucitidae

• 2 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

• 5 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 6 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Satin Grass-veneer Crambus perlella Scop.
• 2 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.
• 1 Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis Scop.
• 1 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis Zell.
• 1 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Linn.

Pterophoridae

• 1 White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla Linn.

Drepanidae

• 2 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 3 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Linn.
• 1 Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria Haw.
• 1 Purple Thorn Selenia tetralunaria Hufn.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata Forst.
• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.
• 1 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Zinck.
• 2 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 2 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 3 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Hb.
• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 2 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis Linn. (or Poss. Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea didyma Esp.)
• 1 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.

Golden-brown Tubic White-headed Ermel

Pebble Hook-tip Canary-shouldered Thorn

Dusky Thorn Purple Thorn

Wednesday 23 July 2008

Weather: Warm, mainly clear, slight breeze.

Day 362… A fairly warm night but not really a lot of moths to show for it. I suppose it’ll take a little while for numbers to start going up after the past few nights of chilliness. It was good to see the first Dusky Thorn of the year though, a sign that summer’s drawing on? Oh, and it would appear that Shuttle-shaped Darts are back with us too. The catch was as follows:

Coleophoridae

• 1 Coleophora Sp.

Gelechiidae

• 2 Common Groundling Teleiodes vulgella D. & S.

Tortricidae

• 1 Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana Linn.
• 1 Light-brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Walker
• 2 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Pyralidae

• 5 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 3 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata Linn.
• 1 Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Hufn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 1 Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria Haw.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 3 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Arctiidae

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

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Hb.
• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 2 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 4 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 2 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 2 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Linn.

Tuesday 22 July 2008

Weather: Mild, clear, slight breeze.

Day 361… Not quite as chilly as last night but fairly cool nonetheless. The less than perfect conditions for moth trapping were compounded somewhat by the failure of my backup lamp, this was an old one I suspected of being nearly shot some time ago, luckily new ones should arrive today (fingers crossed). The most exciting things amongst the ten species in trap were the two Ruby Tiger and because of this I’ve put some distinctly un-mothy photos in for today. The Comma was in the garden yesterday afternoon and the Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) was flying around this morning (well I think it’s a Beautiful Demoiselle - come on, I don’t even get the moths right so I really can’t be expected to get damselflies right too!). The catch was as follows:

Tortricidae

• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Pyralidae

• 3 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn.

Arctiidae

• 2 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Hb.
• 6 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.

Comma Beautiful Demoiselle (female)

Monday 21 July 2008

Weather: Cool, clear, breezy.

Day 360… A really quite unseasonably chilly night, the forecast minimum temperature was 9°C and there was a very bright Moon too. We actually caught more moths than I expected (I had very low expectations!), nothing remarkable and no new species but we did get our first Yellow-tail(s) of the year. The catch was as follows:

Pyralidae

• 2 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 2 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 2 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 4 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Common White Wave Cabera pusaria Linn.

Lymantriidae

• 2 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Fuessl.

Arctiidae

• 1 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Linn.
• 1 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn.

Noctuidae

• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Hb.
• 5 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 2 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.

Yellow-tail

Sunday 20 July 2008

Weather: Mild, occasional cloud, breezy.

Day 359… Very similar weather overnight to that of last night, we caught slightly fewer moths but still a reasonable selection especially considering the lamp on the trap failed at some point during the night and was flashing disturbingly in the morning. I think it must have gone sometime after daybreak otherwise our catch would surely have been considerably smaller. On the bright side we did get a new species, the sinisterly named Apple Leaf Skeletonizer, a tiny, jumpy little blighter which didn’t stick around for a pin-sharp photo but at least I managed something.

In the afternoon we all went for a stroll around Nymans Garden, Handcross, the weather wasn’t that great, a bit too windy and cloudy and there wasn’t much lepidopteral action to be had but we did see three Six-Spot Burnet buzzing around the wild flower meadow.

While looking into the habits of Apple Leaf Skeletonizer I also discovered the origin of some strange silk constructions I have previously seen on one of our apple trees, it would seem they are the cocoons of Apple Leaf Miner, the leaf mines of which I have also seen. We haven’t seen any adults yet but it’s possible that owing to their size (they’re tiny) we have missed them. See photos below.

Last night’s catch was as follows:

Choreutidae

• 1 Apple Leaf Skeletonizer Choreutis pariana Cl.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stain.
• 1 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella Linn.

Tortricidae

• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Pyralidae

• 1 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 2 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 1 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata Hufn.

Geometridae

• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 2 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 3 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.
• 1 Engrailed Ectropis bistortata Goeze

Noctuidae

• 2 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Linn.
• 1 Dot Moth Melanchra persicariae Linn.
• 4 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 2 Sycamore Acronicta aceris Linn.
• 1 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Linn.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 1 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 3 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.

Apple Leaf Skeletonizer Apple Leaf Miner cocoon

Apple Leaf Miner leaf mines Six-Spot Burnet, Nymans Garden

Saturday 19 July 2008

Weather: Mild, occasional cloud, breezy.

Day 358… A fresh and clear night and presumably because of it somewhat fewer moths than on the past few nights. We did catch our first tiger of the year (except for the Cream-spot Tiger in Dorset), unsurprisingly it was a Ruby Tiger. We also had our first Clay of the year, a Yellow Shell and another Coleophora Sp., very different to the one we caught on 15 July, this one was a rich gun-metal blue although the photo does’t show that too well. The catch was as follows:

Coleophoridae

• 1 Coleophora Sp.

Gelechiidae

• 2 Common Groundling Teleiodes vulgella D. & S.

Oecophoridae

• 3 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stain.

Tortricidae

• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Acorn Piercer Pammene fasciana Linn.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Alucitidae

• 2 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

• 4 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 2 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 2 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.

Lasiocampidae

• 1 Drinker Euthrix potatoria Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 1 Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata Linn.
• 1 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Fabr.
• 2 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.

Arctiidae

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

Noctuidae

• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 1 Clay Mythimna ferrago Fabr.
• 3 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 2 Sycamore Acronicta aceris Linn.
• 1 Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletch.
• 2 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis Scop.

Coleophora Sp. Yellow Shell

Ruby Tiger Clay

Friday 18 July 2008

Weather: Mild, cloudy, light wind.

Day 357… The trend towards cooler nights continues but it doesn’t seem to be deterring the moths particularly. One new species, what I think is a Plain Pug (another "Pug Headache") and one not entirely new species, I say "not entirely" because we did have what I’m certain is Svensson’s Copper Underwing, last year I didn’t try to separate Svennson’s from regular Copper Underwing but this one displays all the necessary traits. Intriguingly it is more than a month earlier than we saw any Copper Underwings last year. We also had a rather worn Phoenix, Scorched Carpet and our first Lesser Yellow Underwing of the year. Lastly, there was also what I’m assuming was a Common Grey but looks markedly different from the ones we normally see, frankly I think it looks more like a Base-lined Grey (Scoparia basistrigalis) but I’m not prepared to stick my neck out. The catch was as follows:

Gelechiidae

• 2 Common Groundling Teleiodes vulgella D. & S.
• 1 Orange Crest Helcystogramma rufescens Haw.

Oecophoridae

• 1 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stain.

Tortricidae

• 1 White-triangle Button Acleris holmiana Linn.

Alucitidae

• 1 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

• 2 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 6 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 2 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis Zell.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Hb.
• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Thyatiridae

• 1 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides Hufn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Blood-vein Scopula imitaria Hb.
• 2 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Phoenix Eulithis prunata Linn.
• 1 White-spotted Pug Eupithecia tripunctaria H-S.
• 1 Plain Pug Eupithecia simpliciata Haw.
• 1 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Haw.
• 1 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Linn.
• 1 Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata D. & S.
• 3 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Linn.
• 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Hb.
• 1 True Lover’s Knot Lycophotia porphyrea D. & S.
• 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 2 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 2 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Linn.
• 1 Miller Acronicta leporina Linn.
• 1 Dark/Grey Dagger Acronicta tridens/psi D. & S./Linn.
• 1 Svensson’s Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletch.
• 3 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 1 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.

Common Grey? Dingy Footman

Phoenix Plain Pug

Svensson’s Copper Underwing

…STOP PRESS…  On Wednesday morning we found a Pug in the trap which caught my eye, not only was it unusually large it was also very distinctively marked. I attempted to identify it and all I could come up with was Yarrow Pug but because of that particular species’ scarcity, usual distribution and preferred habitat I discounted the idea and consulted with Colin Pratt who confirmed my identification.

Yarrow Pug

Thursday 17 July 2008

Weather: Warm, mostly overcast, occasional light showers, breezy.

Day 357… Just a tiny bit cooler and fresher last night in comparison to recent nights but we still got a pretty reasonable catch. One new species to report, a Hoary Bell (I thought this one was going to take forever to identify but I it turned out, on closer examination, to be more distinctively marked than I thought and found it fairly quickly - well at least I think I did) there were some other decent highlights too, the first Oak Hook-tip, Chinese Character and Drinker of the year. The catch was as follows:

Yponomeutidae

• 1 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella Curt.

Tortricidae

• 1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana D. & S.
• 1 Orange Pine Twist Lozotaeniodes formosanus Geyer
• 1 Hoary Bell Eucosma cana Haw.

Alucitidae

• 1 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

• 2 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 6 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 3 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 1 Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella D. & S.
• 1 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.
• 1 Elder Pearl Phlyctaenia coronata Hufn.

Pterophoridae

• 2 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Lasiocampidae

• 1 Drinker Euthrix potatoria Linn.

Drepanidae

• 1 Oak Hook-tip Drepana binaria Hufn.
• 1 Chinese Character Cilix glaucata Scop.

Geometridae

• 2 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 1 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Linn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Thunb.
• 2 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Linn.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.
• 1 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria D. & S.

Arctiidae

• 2 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Hb.
• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Linn.
• 1 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 True Lover’s Knot Lycophotia porphyrea D. & S.
• 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Linn.
• 6 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Miller Acronicta leporina Linn.
• 3 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 3 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Hufn.

Hoary Bell Elder Pearl

Drinker Chinese Character

Wednesday 16 July 2008

Weather: Warm, clear at first becoming cloudy, breezy.

Day 356… Very similar conditions to last night’s and a typically dissimilar selection of moths in the trap. Some good stuff too, a new species: Ochreous Pearl and we had another Kent Black Arches, quite different to the last one, much more strongly marked. The catch was as follows:

Gelechiidae

• 1 Common Groundling Teleiodes vulgella D. & S.

Oecophoridae

• 2 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stain.
• 1 Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana Fabr.

Tortricidae

• 1 Orange Pine Twist Lozotaeniodes formosanus Geyer

Alucitidae

• 1 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

• 5 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 4 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.
• 4 Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella D. & S.
• 2 Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Treit.
• 1 Small Purple and Gold Pyrausta aurata Scop.
• 1 Ochreous Pearl Ebulea crocealis Hb.
• 1 Double-striped Tabby Orthopygia glaucinalis Linn.

Pterophoridae

• 1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Linn.

Geometridae

• 1 Small Emerald Hemistola chrysoprasaria Esp.
• 1 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Hufn.
• 2 Riband Wave Idaea aversata f. remutata Linn.
• 1 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn.
• 1 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata Müll.
• 3 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata D. & S.
• 1 Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata Linn.
• 1 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata Haw.
• 1 Yarrow Pug Eupithecia millefoliata Rössler
• 1 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Linn.
• 1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw.
• 1 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Linn.

Arctiidae

• 1 Hoary Footman Eilema caniola Hb.

Nolidae

• 1 Kent Black Arches Meganola albula D. & S.

Noctuidae

• 1 Heart and Club Agrotis clavis Hufn.
• 1 Flame Axylia putris Linn.
• 1 True Lover’s Knot Lycophotia porphyrea D. & S.
• 1 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Hufn.
• 4 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Hb.
• 1 Miller Acronicta leporina Linn.
• 1 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Linn.
• 1 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Linn.
• 3 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Hufn.
• 1 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Brahm
• 2 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda D. & S.
• 1 Vine’s Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua D. & S.
• 1 Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Hufn.

Long-horned Flat-body Ochreous Pearl

Miller

Tuesday 15 July 2008

Weather: Warm, clear at first becoming cloudy, breezy.

Day 355… Thoroughly back on track after last night’s poor show. Loobi and I found a trap full of moths this morning, with plenty of variety too. Two new species, the first of which was the particularly snazzy Scallop Shell and the other was (another probable/possible) a Diamond-back Marble. Other than these two we also had a couple of Small Emerald, I wasn’t sure that they were both the same species at first, one being less than two thirds the size of the other but on closer examination I realised they were male and female. We also caught our first July Highflyer and Small Rivulet of the year. The catch was as follows:

Coleophoridae

• 1 Coleophora Sp.

Oecophoridae

• 6 Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stain.

Tortricidae

• 1 Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana Linn.
• 1 Orange Pine Twist Lozotaeniodes formosanus Geyer
• 1 Light Grey Tortrix Cnephasia incertana Treit.
• 1 Common Marble Celypha lacunana D. & S.
• 1 Diamond-back Marble Eudemis profundana D. & S.
• 1 Acorn Piercer Pammene fasciana Linn.
• 1 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linn.

Alucitidae

• 5 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla Linn.

Pyralidae

• 4 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn.
• 3 Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella Linn.