Species List for 27/07/2026

 My Four traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden, plus a portable Actinic trap  on loan from Sam Perfect. Although the temperature was marginally higher numbers were similar to the previous days with 369 moths of 84 species, with four NFY. The Rest Harrow was the eighth and earliest of this very local species. 

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
16.001	Yponomeuta evonymella	Bird-cherry Ermine	2
18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	2
28.008	Metalampra italica		1
28.010	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House-moth	4
28.024	Tachystola acroxantha		1
31.001	Carcina quercana		2
41.002	Blastobasis adustella		30
45.044	Emmelina monodactyla	Common Plume	3
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	12
49.138	Cochylis molliculana		3
49.261	Crocidosema plebejana		1
49.269	Eucosma campoliliana		2
49.341	Cydia splendana		4
62.005	Achroia grisella	Lesser Wax Moth	1
62.029	Phycita roborella		3
62.035	Acrobasis advenella		3
62.048	Euzophera pinguis		1
62.077	Endotricha flammealis		2
63.006	Pyrausta aurata		1
63.028	Ostrinia nubilalis	European Corn-borer	1
63.031	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	3
63.038	Patania ruralis	Mother of Pearl	3
63.052	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	9
63.054	Cydalima perspectalis	Box-tree Moth	1
63.074	Eudonia mercurella		3
63.088	Crambus perlella		3
63.093	Agriphila straminella		19
66.007	Lasiocampa quercus	Oak Eggar	1
70.004	Idaea rusticata	Least Carpet	12
70.011	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	2
70.013	Idaea biselata	Small Fan-footed Wave	1
70.016	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	3
70.045	Scotopteryx chenopodiata	Shaded Broad-bar	1	nfy
70.049	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
70.051	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	2
70.061	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
70.126	Horisme vitalbata	Small Waved Umber	1
70.141	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	3
70.146	Eupithecia haworthiata	Haworth's Pug	1
70.173	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	2
70.218	Chiasmia clathrata	Latticed Heath	1
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
70.235	Ennomos fuscantaria	Dusky Thorn	1
70.252	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
70.258	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
70.296	Aplasta ononaria	Rest Harrow	1	nfy
71.001	Thaumetopoea processionea	Oak Processionary	1
71.013	Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1
71.020	Pterostoma palpina	Pale Prominent	1
72.010	Lymantria monacha	Black Arches	1
72.011	Lymantria dispar	Gypsy Moth	2
72.012	Euproctis chrysorrhoea	Brown-tail	1
72.013	Euproctis similis	Yellow-tail	1
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	3
72.030	Euplagia quadripunctaria	Jersey Tiger	13
72.035	Miltochrista miniata	Rosy Footman	2
72.044	Eilema griseola	Dingy Footman	13
72.046	Eilema complana	Scarce Footman	1
72.057	Pechipogo plumigeralis	Plumed Fan-foot	3
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	3
73.074	Heliothis peltigera	Bordered Straw	1
73.076	Helicoverpa armigera	Scarce Bordered Straw	1	nfy
73.082	Cryphia algae	Tree-lichen Beauty	1
73.087	Spodoptera exigua	Small Mottled Willow	12
73.096	Hoplodrina octogenaria	Uncertain	1
73.097	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	2
73.120	Eremobia ochroleuca	Dusky Sallow	1
73.131	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	35
73.169	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg.	22
73.171	Litoligia literosa	Rosy Minor	1
73.216	Cosmia trapezina	Dun-bar	1
73.255	Anarta trifolii	Nutmeg	1
73.267	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	2
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	20
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
73.319	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	13
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	15
73.327	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	2
73.329	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	5
73.341	Standfussiana lucernea	Northern Rustic	1	nfy
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	18
73.347	Noctua janthina	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	2
73.348	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	6
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1

Species List for 26/07/2026

 My Four traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden, plus a portable Actinic trap  on loan from Sam Perfect. Not a great night for numbers of moths and species, but a pristine Striped Hawk-moth  and my second ever Mocha were great moths. There were 222 moths of 72 species with one NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	3
28.010	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House-moth	1
41.002	Blastobasis adustella		7
45.044	Emmelina monodactyla	Common Plume	2
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
49.138	Cochylis molliculana		1
49.341	Cydia splendana		3
49.343	Cydia amplana		1
62.033	Acrobasis tumidana		2
62.035	Acrobasis advenella		1
62.053	Ancylosis oblitella		1
63.006	Pyrausta aurata		1
63.038	Patania ruralis	Mother of Pearl	2
63.052	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	2
63.074	Eudonia mercurella		1
63.080	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	1
63.088	Crambus perlella		1
63.093	Agriphila straminella		1
65.009	Habrosyne pyritoides	Buff Arches	1
66.007	Lasiocampa quercus	Oak Eggar	1
69.015	Hyles livornica	Striped Hawk-moth	1
69.017	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
70.004	Idaea rusticata	Least Carpet	6
70.011	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	2
70.016	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	4
70.031	Cyclophora annularia	Mocha	1	nfy
70.051	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	1
70.059	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	1
70.141	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
70.166	Eupithecia simpliciata	Plain Pug	1
70.173	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
70.235	Ennomos fuscantaria	Dusky Thorn	1
71.001	Thaumetopoea processionea	Oak Processionary	4
72.011	Lymantria dispar	Gypsy Moth	2
72.012	Euproctis chrysorrhoea	Brown-tail	1
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	3
72.030	Euplagia quadripunctaria	Jersey Tiger	15
72.035	Miltochrista miniata	Rosy Footman	1
73.001	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	4
73.032	Colocasia coryli	Nut-tree Tussock	1
73.037	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
73.045	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	4
73.059	Calophasia lunula	Toadflax Brocade	1
73.064	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	1
73.082	Cryphia algae	Tree-lichen Beauty	1
73.087	Spodoptera exigua	Small Mottled Willow	17
73.095	Caradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
73.096	Hoplodrina octogenaria	Uncertain	4
73.097	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	2
73.113	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
73.131	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	3
73.162	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	3
73.163	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	1
73.169	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg.	16
73.171	Litoligia literosa	Rosy Minor	1
73.172	Mesoligia furuncula	Cloaked Minor	1
73.267	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
73.274	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	2
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	9
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
73.319	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	16
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	9
73.327	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	7
73.329	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	7
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	8
73.345	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	1
73.346	Noctua interjecta	Least Yellow Underwing	2
73.348	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	4
73.357	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	1
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	3

Species List for 25/07/2026

 My Four traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden, plus a portable Actinic trap  on loan from Sam Perfect. All working again. There were 381 moths of  80 species with one NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
16.001	Yponomeuta evonymella	Bird-cherry Ermine	1
18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	3
28.009	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House-moth	1
28.010	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House-moth	5
28.024	Tachystola acroxantha		1
41.002	Blastobasis adustella		9
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	7
49.040	Lozotaeniodes formosana		1
49.110	Agapeta zoegana		2
49.138	Cochylis molliculana		1
49.269	Eucosma campoliliana		1
49.341	Cydia splendana		2
49.343	Cydia amplana		1
62.006	Galleria mellonella	Wax Moth	1
62.029	Phycita roborella		1
62.033	Acrobasis tumidana		1
62.036	Acrobasis suavella		1
62.048	Euzophera pinguis		3
62.077	Endotricha flammealis		2
63.006	Pyrausta aurata		1
63.025	Anania hortulata	Small Magpie	1
63.031	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	4
63.038	Patania ruralis	Mother of Pearl	5
63.052	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	10
63.074	Eudonia mercurella		2
63.080	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	4
63.093	Agriphila straminella		18
66.007	Lasiocampa quercus	Oak Eggar	1
69.003	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1
69.016	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	2
70.004	Idaea rusticata	Least Carpet	8
70.009	Idaea subsericeata	Satin Wave	1
70.011	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	3
70.013	Idaea biselata	Small Fan-footed Wave	1
70.016	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	3
70.051	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	1
70.059	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	1
70.134	Perizoma bifaciata	Barred Rivulet	1	nfy
70.141	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	2
70.173	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	3
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
71.001	Thaumetopoea processionea	Oak Processionary	4
71.020	Pterostoma palpina	Pale Prominent	1
72.011	Lymantria dispar	Gypsy Moth	1
72.012	Euproctis chrysorrhoea	Brown-tail	1
72.030	Euplagia quadripunctaria	Jersey Tiger	28
72.044	Eilema griseola	Dingy Footman	8
72.046	Eilema complana	Scarce Footman	1
73.001	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	2
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	13
73.037	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
73.045	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	2
73.047	Craniophora ligustri	Coronet	1
73.064	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	1
73.074	Heliothis peltigera	Bordered Straw	2
73.082	Cryphia algae	Tree-lichen Beauty	1
73.085	Nyctobrya muralis	Marbled Green	2
73.087	Spodoptera exigua	Small Mottled Willow	28
73.096	Hoplodrina octogenaria	Uncertain	9
73.097	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	2
73.120	Eremobia ochroleuca	Dusky Sallow	1
73.131	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	2
73.136	Nonagria typhae	Bulrush Wainscot	1
73.162	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	7
73.169	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg.	31
73.171	Litoligia literosa	Rosy Minor	3
73.172	Mesoligia furuncula	Cloaked Minor	1
73.274	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	3
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	20
73.297	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	2
73.319	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	17
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	22
73.327	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	6
73.329	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	10
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	15
73.346	Noctua interjecta	Least Yellow Underwing	1
73.347	Noctua janthina	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	3
73.348	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	8
73.357	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	1
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1