Species List for 21/06/2018

After the night before the change in wind direction and drop in temperature brought a disappointing catch, with only one micro and one Macro NFY .

	n	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	2
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1063	Celypha striana		2
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	2
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		1
1344	Eudonia mercurella		1	NFY
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1
1704	Idaea dilutaria	Silky Wave	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	2
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty	1	NFY
1976	Sphinx ligustri	Privet Hawk-moth	5
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	3
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	48
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	37
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	15
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	7
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2198	Mythimna impura	Smoky Wainscot	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	5
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	2

* Still one pug and a noctuid to ID.

Species List for 20/06/2018

A good night with 393 of  56 species. There were five NFY, four micros and one macro. In addition 20 Hawk-moths  including 15 Elephants and a third E. limbata for the year were ntatble.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	1
424	Yponomeuta evonymella	Bird-cherry Ermine	1
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		2
938	Agapeta zoegana		1
970	Pandemis cerasana	Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix	1	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	6
1010	Ditula angustiorana	Red-barred Tortrix	2
1032	Aleimma loeflingiana		1
1175	Epiblema uddmanniana	Bramble Shoot Moth	1	NFY
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	36
1302	Crambus perlella		1	NFY
1356a	Evergestis limbata		1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1439	Trachycera advenella		1	NFY
1654	Tethea ocularis	Figure of Eighty	1
1690	Scopula imitaria	Small Blood-vein	1
1702	Idaea biselata	Small Fan-footed Wave	2	NFY
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	4
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	2
1904	Plagodis dolabraria	Scorched Wing	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	7
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	2
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	2
1976	Sphinx ligustri	Privet Hawk-moth	3
1980	Smerinthus ocellata	Eyed Hawk-moth	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	15
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	4
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	4
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	56
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	90
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	12
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	24
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	33
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	5
2280	Acronicta leporina	Miller	1
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	21
2330	Apamea remissa	Dusky Brocade	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	13
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	3
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	4
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	5
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
2422	Pseudoips prasinana	Green Silver-lines	1
2434	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	3
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	2

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Species List for 19/06/2018

A similar number to yesterday with 255 moths of 44 species.  There were three NFY, two micros and one macro.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	1
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
1063	Celypha striana		3
1290	Chilo phragmitella		1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	6
1301	Crambus lathoniellus		1
1332	Scoparia subfusca		1	NFY
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	2
1513	Pterophorus pentadactyla	White Plume Moth	1	NFY
1887	Lomaspilis marginata	Clouded Border	1	NFY
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	2
1944	Hypomecis punctinalis	Pale Oak Beauty	1
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1
1976	Sphinx ligustri	Privet Hawk-moth	3
1980	Smerinthus ocellata	Eyed Hawk-moth	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	10
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	3
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	33
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	82
2091	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	4
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	32
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	17
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	2
2194	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	1
2198	Mythimna impura	Smoky Wainscot	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	2
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	10
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	2
2326	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	2
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	3
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	3
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	4
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	2

Species List for 18/06/2018

259 moths of 45 species, including two NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	3
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	2
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	12
1063	Celypha striana		3
1083	Hedya nubiferana	Marbled Orchard Tortrix	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	20
1294	Crambus pascuella		1
1301	Crambus lathoniellus		2
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1458	Myelois circumvoluta	Thistle Ermine	1
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1
1867	Aplocera plagiata	Treble-bar	1	NFY
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	2
1976	Sphinx ligustri	Privet Hawk-moth	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	6
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	2
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	38
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	51
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	11
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	30
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	17
2196	Mythimna pudorina	Striped Wainscot	1	NFY
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	8
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	3
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	7
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	2
2330	Apamea remissa	Dusky Brocade	1
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	2
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	5
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	4
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	3
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	1
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	2
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	2
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	2

Species List for 17/06/2018

The night started quite windy and finished foggy and drizzly, not a recipe for a good moth catch, and so it turned out. !79 moths of  29 species was a sizeable drop compared to the rest of the week.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	2
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	3
1033	Tortrix viridana	Green Oak Tortrix	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	2
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	25
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	78
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	2
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	26
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	6
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2216	Cucullia umbratica	Shark	1
2291	Craniophora ligustri	Coronet	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	9
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	2
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	3
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	2
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	2
2434	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	2

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Species List for 16/06/2018

340 moths of 50 species, with four NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	1
424	Yponomeuta evonymella	Bird-cherry Ermine	1
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1002	Lozotaenia forsterana		1
1063	Celypha striana		2
1083	Hedya nubiferana	Marbled Orchard Tortrix	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	6
1294	Crambus pascuella		2
1333	Scoparia pyralella		1
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	3
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata		1	NFY
1690	Scopula imitaria	Small Blood-vein	1	NFY
1711	Idaea trigeminata	Treble Brown Spot	1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1765	Cidaria fulvata	Barred Yellow	1	NFY
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	3
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	2
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	8
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	30
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	155
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	5
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	19
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	21
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2194	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	1
2198	Mythimna impura	Smoky Wainscot	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	7
2205	Mythimna comma	Shoulder-striped Wainscot	1
2279	Acronicta aceris	Sycamore	1
2291	Craniophora ligustri	Coronet	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	14
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	3	NFY
2326	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	1
2330	Apamea remissa	Dusky Brocade	2
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	7
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	6
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	8
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	4
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
2449	Abrostola triplasia	Dark Spectacle	2
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	2

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