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.


Thursday, 31 December 2009

Moths Caught in 2009

Tamarisk Peacock (Chiasmia aestimaria)

Caught on Sept 7th 2009, in my garden trap. This is the fifth record for the UK and all have been east Kent, the others are: Sholden (16.08.04), New Romney (28.09.04), Greatstone (07.08.06) and Folkestone Warren (10.09.08).

Mothing took place on 192 dates, between Mar 13th to Nov 3rd. A 125w MV, a 15W Actinic trap and 2 Black bulbs (one replacing the 160W MVB when I ran out of spare bulbs). For some of the time I used 15w Black bulbs while waiting for new 25W replacements. All traps home made, loosely based on the Skinner design.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 9
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 49
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 115
161 Zeuzera pyrina Leopard Moth 1
284 Caloptilia rufipennella
1
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 20
427 Yponomeuta cagnagella Spindle Ermine 2
453 Ypsolopha dentella Honeysuckle Moth 1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella
16
462 Ypsolopha sequella
4
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 210
644 Borkhausenia fuscescens
1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 8
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana
2
720 Ethmia bipunctella
4
873 Blastobasis lignea
45
874 Blastobasis decolorella
7
937 Agapeta hamana
7
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 11
994 Clepsis consimilana
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 219
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus
2
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana
3
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
8
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 19
1036 Acleris forsskaleana
22
1039 Acleris comariana Strawberry Tortrix 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 4
1063 Celypha striana
45
1076 Celypha lacunana
1
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana Bramble Shoot Moth 2
1234 Pammene regiana
3
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 7
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 17
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 111
1294 Crambus pascuella
1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus
6
1302 Crambus perlella
110
1304 Agriphila straminella
3
1305 Agriphila tristella
275
1306 Agriphila inquinatella
1
1307 Agriphila latistria
2
1309 Agriphila geniculea
15
1313 Catoptria pinella
1
1316 Catoptria falsella
7
1332 Scoparia subfusca
1
1333 Scoparia pyralella
3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
1
1342 Eudonia angustea
7
1344 Eudonia mercurella
19
1348 Parapoynx stratiotata Ringed China-mark 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 47
1356a Evergestis limbata
3
1357 Evergestis extimalis
1
1361 Pyrausta aurata
14
1365 Pyrausta despicata
5
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 64
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
30
1392 Udea olivalis
1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 5
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 118
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 41
1413 Hypsopygia costalis Gold Triangle 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis
23
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 6
1424 Endotricha flammealis
51
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 9
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 30
1435 Conobathra tumidana
1
1438 Trachycera suavella
6
1439 Trachycera advenella
16
1441 Oncocera semirubella
4
1443 Pempelia genistella
1
1454 Dioryctria abietella
1
1454b Dioryctria sylvestrella
2
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 9
1470 Euzophera pinguis
9
1483 Phycitodes binaevella
2
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
4
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
34
1640 Euthrix potatoria Drinker 1
1646 Watsonalla binaria Oak Hook-tip 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 43
1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 55
1654 Tethea ocularis Figure of Eighty 11
1655 Tethea or Poplar Lutestring 1
1663 Alsophila aescularia March Moth 6
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 9
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 3
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 2
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 15
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 14
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 24
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 38
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 6
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 15
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 42
1709 Idaea subsericeata Satin Wave 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 4
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 385
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 74
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 2
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 94
1732 Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar 2
1736 Catarhoe cuculata Royal mantle 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 40
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 12
1740 Epirrhoe galiata Galium Carpet 2
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 11
1745 Larentia clavaria Mallow 1
1746 Anticlea badiata Shoulder Stripe 2
1748 Mesoleuca albicillata Beautiful Carpet 1
1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 3
1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 2
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 13
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 5
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 5
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 62
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 5
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 2
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 7
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 4
1790 Triphosa dubitata Tissue 1
1795x Epirrita dilutata agg. November Moth agg. 5
1803 Perizoma alchemillata Small Rivulet 3
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 35
1812 Eupithecia inturbata Maple Pug 1
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 3
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 4
1823 Eupithecia venosata Netted Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 102
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 3
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 5
1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 10
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 17
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 34
1838 Eupithecia icterata Tawny Speckled Pug 6
1839 Eupithecia succenturiata Bordered Pug 7
1840 Eupithecia subumbrata Shaded Pug 1
1852 Eupithecia abbreviata Brindled Pug 2
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 8
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 22
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 22
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 51
1867 Aplocera plagiata Treble-bar 2
1876 Hydrelia flammeolaria Small Yellow Wave 4
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 4
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 11
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 5
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 6
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 5
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 3
1894a Chiasmia aestimaria Tamarisk Peacock 1
1896 Itame brunneata Rannoch Looper 2
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 3
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 220
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 9
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 27
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 24
1918 Selenia lunularia Lunar Thorn 1
1920 Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 3
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 60
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 28
1923 Colotois pennaria Feathered Thorn 1
1927 Lycia hirtaria Brindled Beauty 2
1930 Biston strataria Oak Beauty 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 132
1934 Agriopis marginaria Dotted Border 1
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 6
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 199
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 76
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 8
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 21
1956 Cabera exanthemata Common Wave 2
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 107
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 61
1964 Charissa obscurata Annulet 1
1972 Agrius convolvuli Convolvulus Hawk-moth 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 21
1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 4
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 17
1984 Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 143
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 16
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 13
1997 Furcula furcula Sallow Kitten 2
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 7
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 10
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 39
2008 Ptilodon capucina Coxcomb Prominent 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 15
2018 Clostera anachoreta Scarce Chocolate-tip 1
2019 Clostera curtula Chocolate-tip 1
2026 Orgyia antiqua Vapourer 5
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 9
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 30
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 39
2033 Lymantria monacha Black Arches 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 2
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 4
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 65
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 26
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 6
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 176
2057 Arctia caja Garden Tiger 7
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 50
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 205
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 9
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 53
2069 Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar 4
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 6
2081 Euxoa tritici White-line Dart 1
2085 Agrotis vestigialis Archer's Dart 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 116
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 314
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1480
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 71
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 847
2098 Axylia putris Flame 211
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 425
2104 Standfussiana lucernea Northern Rustic 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2519
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 376
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 74
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 35
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1540
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 55
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 3
2120 Diarsia mendica Ingrailed Clay 2
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 54
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 5028
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 149
2133 Xestia sexstrigata Six-striped Rustic 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 353
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 16
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 31
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 166
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 87
2157 Lacanobia w-latinum Light Brocade 1
2159 Lacanobia suasa Dog's Tooth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 121
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 9
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 10
2167 Hadena perplexa Tawny Shears 1
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 9
2171 Hadena confusa Marbled Coronet 2
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 7
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 11
2179 Panolis flammea Pine Beauty 2
2182 Orthosia cruda Small Quaker 9
2186 Orthosia gracilis Powdered Quaker 6
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 281
2188 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 52
2189 Orthosia munda Twin-spotted Quaker 4
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 243
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 42
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 57
2197 Mythimna straminea Southern Wainscot 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 44
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 84
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 30
2216 Cucullia umbratica Shark 5
2223 Calophasia lunula Toadflax Brocade 4
2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 34
2236 Lithophane hepatica Pale Pinion 5
2240 Lithophane leautieri Blair's Shoulder-knot 47
2243 Xylocampa areola Early Grey 71
2245 Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent 1
2247 Dichonia aprilina Merveille du Jour 1
2248 Dryobotodes eremita Brindled Green 4
2255 Polymixis lichenea Feathered Ranunculus 138
2256 Eupsilia transversa Satellite 3
2258 Conistra vaccinii Chestnut 4
2262 Agrochola circellaris Brick 4
2263 Agrochola lota Red-line Quaker 1
2264 Agrochola macilenta Yellow-line Quaker 1
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 133
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 94
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 327
2272 Xanthia aurago Barred Sallow 7
2274 Xanthia icteritia Sallow 3
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 33
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 25
2280 Acronicta leporina Miller 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger 91
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 68
2290 Simyra albovenosa Reed Dagger 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 13
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 3
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 65
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 66
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svensson's Copper Underwing 12
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 281
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 3
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 2
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 4
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 42
2312 Ipimorpha subtusa Olive 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 104
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 6
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 880
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 47
2323 Apamea sublustris Reddish Light Arches 1
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 2
2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 6
2331 Apamea unanimis Small Clouded Brindle 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 30
2336 Apamea ophiogramma Double Lobed 2
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 42
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 89
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 3
2342 Mesoligia literosa Rosy Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 874
2343a Mesapamea didyma Lesser Common Rustic 27
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 1
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 61
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 420
2358 Amphipoea fucosa Saltern Ear 5
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 9
2364 Gortyna flavago Frosted Orange 1
2373 Archanara sparganii Webb's Wainscot 1
2375 Rhizedra lutosa Large Wainscot 3
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 111
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 497
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 157
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 619
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 7
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 138
2387a Platyperigea kadenii Clancy's Rustic 2
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 84
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 2
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 1
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 4
2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 3
2423 Nycteola revayana Oak Nycteoline 1
2425 Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock 14
2432 Trichoplusia ni Ni Moth 2
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 12
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 11
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 559
2443 Autographa jota Plain Golden Y 1
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 34
2452 Catocala nupta Red Underwing 2
2466 Lygephila pastinum Blackneck 2
2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald 3
2470 Phytometra viridaria Small Purple-barred 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 62
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 26
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 7
Total moths caught 26938

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