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.


Monday, 5 August 2013

Species List for 4/8/2013

25 species of micros yielded 69 individuals including a Ypsolopha vittella which was new for the site. There were 402 macros, from about 69 species, the best was a Sussex Emerald, the fourth at the site.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 3
463 Ypsolopha vittella 1 NFS
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 6
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 7
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 3
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 4
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 14
1305 Agriphila tristella 6
1332 Scoparia subfusca 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 5
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 3
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1672 Thalera fimbrialis Sussex Emerald 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 5
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 30
1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 3
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 6
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 2
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 3
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2031 Leucoma salicis White Satin 2
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 3
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 4
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 42
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2076 Meganola albula Kent Black Arches 1
2081 Euxoa tritici White-line Dart 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 5
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 20
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 20
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 4
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 5
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 52
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 56
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 5
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 20
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 31

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