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.


Saturday 31 December 2005

Moths Caught in 2005

Mothing took place on 184 dates between Mar 16th and Dec 15th. A 125w MV trap and a 15W Actinic trap used.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 5
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 17
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 74
161 Zeuzera pyrina Leopard Moth 1
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 2
425 Yponomeuta padella Orchard Ermine 2
449 Prays fraxinella Ash Bud Moth 1
453 Ypsolopha dentella Honeysuckle Moth 3
455 Ypsolopha scabrella
3
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 5
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana
6
697 Agonopterix arenella
2
870 Oegoconia quadripuncta
2
873 Blastobasis lignea
13
874 Blastobasis decolorella
8
935 Cochylimorpha alternana
1
937 Agapeta hamana
7
938 Agapeta zoegana
1
947 Aethes smeathmanniana
1
950 Aethes francillana
1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 3
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 14
980 Archips xylosteana Variegated Golden Tortrix 3
994 Clepsis consimilana
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 89
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus
4
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana
7
1007 Capua vulgana
1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 2
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
13
1024 Cnephasia incertana Light Grey Tortrix 2
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 12
1036 Acleris forsskaleana
5
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana
7
1076 Celypha lacunana
1
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella
7
1201 Eucosma cana
1
1234 Pammene regiana
2
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 7
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 4
1292 Calamotropha paludella
1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 126
1300 Crambus pratella
1
1302 Crambus perlella
60
1304 Agriphila straminella
2
1305 Agriphila tristella
1
1307 Agriphila latistria
1
1309 Agriphila geniculea
13
1313 Catoptria pinella
2
1332 Scoparia subfusca
7
1333 Scoparia pyralella
3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
8
1335 Scoparia ancipitella
1
1336 Eudonia pallida
2
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
10
1342 Eudonia angustea
4
1344 Eudonia mercurella
1
1348 Parapoynx stratiotata Ringed China-mark 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 8
1357 Evergestis extimalis
2
1361 Pyrausta aurata
1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 64
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
28
1390 Udea prunalis
2
1392 Udea olivalis
2
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 3
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1399 Dolicharthria punctalis
1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 22
1408 Palpita vitrealis
2
1413 Hypsopygia costalis Gold Triangle 13
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis
4
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 2
1421 Aglossa pinguinalis Large Tabby 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis
59
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 7
1436 Conobathra repandana
4
1454 Dioryctria abietella
5
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 3
1470 Euzophera pinguis
12
1474 Ephestia parasitella
1
1503 Platyptilia ochrodactyla
1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
11
1631 Poecilocampa populi December Moth 6
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 2
1640 Euthrix potatoria Drinker 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 17
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 17
1654 Tethea ocularis Figure of Eighty 1
1663 Alsophila aescularia March Moth 12
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 11
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 7
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 6
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 15
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 7
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 53
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 13
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 18
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 9
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 275
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 7
1725 Xanthorhoe ferrugata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 7
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 47
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 47
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 3
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 4
1745 Larentia clavaria Mallow 5
1746 Anticlea badiata Shoulder Stripe 4
1747 Anticlea derivata Streamer 5
1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 3
1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 3
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 11
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 13
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 137
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 7
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 9
1775 Colostygia multistrigaria Mottled Grey 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 16
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 4
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 3
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 5
1784 Melanthia procellata Pretty Chalk Carpet 2
1795 Epirrita dilutata November Moth 10
1807 Perizoma albulata Grass Rivulet 2
1808 Perizoma flavofasciata Sandy Carpet 3
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 2
1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 17
1823 Eupithecia venosata Netted Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 19
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 2
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 29
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 19
1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 3
1838 Eupithecia icterata Tawny Speckled Pug 5
1852 Eupithecia abbreviata Brindled Pug 2
1853 Eupithecia dodoneata Oak-tree Pug 20
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 2
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 7
1859 Pasiphila chloerata Sloe Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 43
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 19
1876 Hydrelia flammeolaria Small Yellow Wave 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 14
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 9
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 4
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 2
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 4
1902 Petrophora chlorosata Brown Silver-line 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 153
1910 Apeira syringaria Lilac Beauty 1
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 2
1912 Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 3
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 7
1920 Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 3
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 89
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 44
1923 Colotois pennaria Feathered Thorn 3
1927 Lycia hirtaria Brindled Beauty 1
1930 Biston strataria Oak Beauty 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 53
1934 Agriopis marginaria Dotted Border 4
1935 Erannis defoliaria Mottled Umber 1
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 5
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 28
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 66
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 2
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 16
1957 Lomographa bimaculata White-pinion Spotted 3
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 82
1960 Theria primaria Early Moth 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 59
1962 Hylaea fasciaria Barred Red 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 12
1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1
1979 Mimas tiliae Lime Hawk-moth 2
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 4
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 22
1984 Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 48
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 6
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 22
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 2
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 8
2005 Peridea anceps Great Prominent 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 12
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 19
2019 Clostera curtula Chocolate-tip 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 5
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 23
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 15
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 42
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 23
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 301
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 28
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 101
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 9
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 6
2076 Meganola albula Kent Black Arches 1
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 3
2078 Nola confusalis Least Black Arches 9
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 42
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 88
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 657
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 12
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 104
2098 Axylia putris Flame 86
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 94
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1964
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 200
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 11
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 442
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 6
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 1
2119 Peridroma saucia Pearly Underwing 4
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 5
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 517
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 37
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 290
2139 Cerastis rubricosa Red Chestnut 1
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 5
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 11
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 53
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 237
2157 Lacanobia w-latinum Light Brocade 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 155
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 15
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 2
2167 Hadena perplexa Tawny Shears 2
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 3
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 2
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 3
2179 Panolis flammea Pine Beauty 3
2182 Orthosia cruda Small Quaker 32
2186 Orthosia gracilis Powdered Quaker 1
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 274
2188 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 120
2189 Orthosia munda Twin-spotted Quaker 57
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 200
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 19
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 65
2195 Mythimna vitellina Delicate 9
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 13
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 56
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 33
2216 Cucullia umbratica Shark 1
2223 Calophasia lunula Toadflax Brocade 3
2231 Aporophyla lutulenta Deep-brown Dart 6
2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 36
2236 Lithophane hepatica Pale Pinion 1
2240 Lithophane leautieri Blair's Shoulder-knot 65
2243 Xylocampa areola Early Grey 86
2245 Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent 4
2255 Polymixis lichenea Feathered Ranunculus 119
2256 Eupsilia transversa Satellite 1
2258 Conistra vaccinii Chestnut 1
2262 Agrochola circellaris Brick 1
2263 Agrochola lota Red-line Quaker 1
2264 Agrochola macilenta Yellow-line Quaker 2
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 26
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 60
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 151
2272 Xanthia aurago Barred Sallow 2
2275 Xanthia gilvago Dusky-lemon Sallow 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 16
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 16
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger 55
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 7
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 46
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 40
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 144
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 2
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 4
2305 Euplexia lucipara Small Angle Shades 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 51
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 48
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 8
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 399
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 25
2323 Apamea sublustris Reddish Light Arches 2
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 3
2331 Apamea unanimis Small Clouded Brindle 3
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 37
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 80
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 10
2340 Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor 2
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 5
2342 Mesoligia literosa Rosy Minor 4
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 342
2343a Mesapamea didyma Lesser Common Rustic 1
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 13
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 5
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 178
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 4
2364 Gortyna flavago Frosted Orange 1
2375 Rhizedra lutosa Large Wainscot 7
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 67
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 364
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 107
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 231
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 79
2387a Platyperigea kadenii Clancy's Rustic 4
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 81
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 3
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 4
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 2
2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1
2418 Earias clorana Cream-bordered Green Pea 1
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 5
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 134
2443 Autographa jota Plain Golden Y 5
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 5
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 8
2452 Catocala nupta Red Underwing 1
2466 Lygephila pastinum Blackneck 1
2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald 4
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 4
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 61
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 21
2492 Herminia grisealis Small Fan-foot 5
Total
Moths Caught
12538

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