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 27 July 2013

Species List for 25/7/2013

A decent night with some new species. A new macro,  Dark Spinach and two new micros, Argyresthia bonnetella and  Ethmia dodecea. In total 98 micros of  31 species and 219 macros of 55 species.

Dark Spinach (Pelurga comitata)


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 1
161 Zeuzera pyrina Leopard Moth 1
421 Argyresthia bonnetella 1 NFS
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 2
428 Yponomeuta rorrella Willow Ermine 5
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
718 Ethmia dodecea 1 NFS
870 Oegoconia quadripuncta 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 3
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1063 Celypha striana 12
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 35
1302 Crambus perlella 9
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1454 Dioryctria abietella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 3
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 19
1749 Pelurga comitata Dark Spinach 1 NFS
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 2
1803 Perizoma alchemillata Small Rivulet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 4
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 2
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 8
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 8
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 3
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 3
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 14
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 9
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 9
2098 Axylia putris Flame 17
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 3
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 7
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 3
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2196 Mythimna pudorina Striped Wainscot 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 4
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 8
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 13
2331 Apamea unanimis Small Clouded Brindle 6
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 6
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 12
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 4
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

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