Passenger, caught 23/9/2006 (National moth night).

Mothing at St Margaret's

Most of the Moth lists and Photographs are from my garden (TR359450) in the village of St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent. It is situated about 1Km from the sea and has farmland with in 100 metres. The garden is well shrubbed and about 1600 sq metres. I normally run a 125 MV lamp and a 15W actinic light over-night and once the season gets going a couple of other traps. At the moment both are 25W black Lamps. previously I used a 160W blended lamp in one of them. All traps are home made. Trapping dates refer to the date the trap was put out.

Trap Update in 2017. A new 125W MV Robinson was added to a 125W MV Skinner, 15W Actinic Skinner, two 80W MV Morris modified Skinners and a 80W MVMorris Box trap.
Traps are now (2020 onwards) 2x 125W Robinsons, 2x 80W Skinner type and 1x 15W Actinic strip light on a Skinner type .

I try and identify all the Macro Moths, with the micros I am not at all systematic, I do more than I used to with the help of the new book, but there are some that do get through.


Wednesday 31 December 2008

Moths Caught in 2008

Mothing took place on 192 dates, between Mar 2nd to Nov 6th. A 125w MV, a 15W Actinic trap used trap used all year and from August I also used a 25W Black bulb and a 160W MVB. All traps home made, loosely based on the Skinner type.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 14
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 104
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 81
216 Nemapogon cloacella Cork Moth 1
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 1
427 Yponomeuta cagnagella Spindle Ermine 1
453 Ypsolopha dentella Honeysuckle Moth 1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella
3
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 10
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana
9
720 Ethmia bipunctella
4
873 Blastobasis adustella
7
874 Blastobasis lacticolella
8
937 Agapeta hamana
2
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 17
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 195
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana
6
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana
60
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1165 Zeiraphera isertana
11
1201 Eucosma cana
8
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 4
1262 Cydia amplana
1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 11
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 311
1301 Crambus lathoniellus
2
1302 Crambus perlella
72
1305 Agriphila tristella
34
1309 Agriphila geniculea
17
1316 Catoptria falsella
2
1336 Eudonia pallida
3
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
2
1342 Eudonia angustea
1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 19
1356a Evergestis limbata
4
1357 Evergestis extimalis
1
1358 Evergestis pallidata
1
1361 Pyrausta aurata
2
1365 Pyrausta despicata
1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 55
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
32
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 3
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 17
1413 Hypsopygia costalis Gold Triangle 4
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis
5
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 4
1421 Aglossa pinguinalis Large Tabby 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis
22
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 17
1438 Trachycera suavella
3
1439 Trachycera advenella
1
1441 Oncocera semirubella
2
1454 Dioryctria abietella
4
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 7
1470 Euzophera pinguis
5
1474 Ephestia parasitella
1
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella
1
1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla
1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
12
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 3
1640 Euthrix potatoria Drinker 4
1648 Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 18
1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 27
1654 Tethea ocularis Figure of Eighty 2
1663 Alsophila aescularia March Moth 5
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 4
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 4
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 10
1692 Scopula immutata Lesser Cream Wave 1
1693 Scopula floslactata Cream Wave 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 7
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 31
1704 Idaea dilutaria Silky Wave 1
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 11
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 5
1709 Idaea subsericeata Satin Wave 2
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 16
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 202
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 19
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 2
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 71
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 25
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 2
1740 Epirrhoe galiata Galium Carpet 4
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 3
1745 Larentia clavaria Mallow 4
1746 Anticlea badiata Shoulder Stripe 1
1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 3
1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 2
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 14
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 81
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 1
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 2
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 8
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 3
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 10
1795a Epirrita dilutata agg. November Moth agg. 5
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 4
1808 Perizoma flavofasciata Sandy Carpet 1
1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 4
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 64
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 16
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 19
1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 3
1838 Eupithecia icterata Tawny Speckled Pug 2
1839 Eupithecia succenturiata Bordered Pug 2
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 9
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 12
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 13
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 38
1867 Aplocera plagiata Treble-bar 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 22
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 11
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 4
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 5
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 166
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 23
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 8
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 12
1920 Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 5
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 42
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 33
1923 Colotois pennaria Feathered Thorn 2
1930 Biston strataria Oak Beauty 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 100
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 5
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 80
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 31
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 3
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 7
1957 Lomographa bimaculata White-pinion Spotted 5
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 43
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 58
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 31
1979 Mimas tiliae Lime Hawk-moth 1
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 3
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 15
1984 Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 92
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 21
1995 Cerura vinula Puss Moth 3
1997 Furcula furcula Sallow Kitten 1
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 6
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 5
2006 Pheosia gnoma Lesser Swallow Prominent 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 20
2008 Ptilodon capucina Coxcomb Prominent 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 4
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 3
2015 Drymonia ruficornis Lunar Marbled Brown 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 6
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 21
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 30
2033 Lymantria monacha Black Arches 2
2034 Lymantria dispar Gypsy Moth 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 3
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 5
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 34
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 29
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 3
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 198
2057 Arctia caja Garden Tiger 9
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 14
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 222
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 5
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 29
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 2
2076 Meganola albula Kent Black Arches 2
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 7
2078 Nola confusalis Least Black Arches 4
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 105
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 183
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 878
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 23
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 407
2098 Axylia putris Flame 150
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 476
2104 Standfussiana lucernea Northern Rustic 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4118
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 530
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 47
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 7
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 765
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 17
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 2
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 102
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1445
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 55
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 375
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 14
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 27
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 106
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 51
2159 Lacanobia suasa Dog's Tooth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 47
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 4
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 4
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 3
2177 Tholera cespitis Hedge Rustic 1
2182 Orthosia cruda Small Quaker 2
2186 Orthosia gracilis Powdered Quaker 1
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 97
2188 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 23
2189 Orthosia munda Twin-spotted Quaker 2
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 83
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 22
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 53
2195 Mythimna vitellina Delicate 4
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 43
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 15
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 25
2211 Cucullia absinthii Wormwood 1
2223 Calophasia lunula Toadflax Brocade 1
2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 39
2236 Lithophane hepatica Pale Pinion 3
2240 Lithophane leautieri Blair's Shoulder-knot 18
2243 Xylocampa areola Early Grey 15
2245 Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent 2
2247 Dichonia aprilina Merveille du Jour 1
2255 Polymixis lichenea Feathered Ranunculus 109
2256 Eupsilia transversa Satellite 2
2258 Conistra vaccinii Chestnut 1
2263 Agrochola lota Red-line Quaker 1
2264 Agrochola macilenta Yellow-line Quaker 2
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 7
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 83
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 144
2272 Xanthia aurago Barred Sallow 1
2273 Xanthia togata Pink-barred Sallow 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 26
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 22
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 110
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 32
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 7
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 3
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 41
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 47
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 197
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 3
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 10
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 72
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 32
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 622
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 50
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 1
2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 3
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 9
2336 Apamea ophiogramma Double Lobed 1
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 22
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 86
2338 Oligia versicolor Rufous Minor 1
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 2
2340 Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor 2
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 303
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 12
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 22
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 111
2358 Amphipoea fucosa Saltern Ear 2
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 4
2364 Gortyna flavago Frosted Orange 2
2377 Arenostola phragmitidis Fen Wainscot 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 56
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 296
2381x Hoplodrina sp. Hoplodrina species 27
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 79
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 486
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 116
2387a Platyperigea kadenii Clancy's Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 44
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 3
2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 2
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 17
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 4
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 151
2443 Autographa jota Plain Golden Y 2
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 23
2466 Lygephila pastinum Blackneck 1
2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald 1
2470 Phytometra viridaria Small Purple-barred 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 41
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 42
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 4
Total
Moths
Caught
17563


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