Mothing at St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, 29/10/2014

Another new moth for me, a rather plain looking Pyralid, Mecyna asinalis. Three more Vestals demonstrated their variability, two more Vitrialis, one of my favourite Pyralids and first Dark Sword-grass of the week. The Lesser Yellow Underwings we caught were very distinctive, perhaps a particular Scilly colour morph. In total there were 318 moths of 34 species.We had an extra trap with Sam Perfect bringing his Heath trap to the garden.

Lesser Yellow Underwing

 Mecyna asinalis

 Rush Veneer

 Palpita vitrealis

Vestal

Dark Sword-grass

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
0278a	Opogona omoscopa		present
648	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House Moth	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
1157	Crocidosema plebejana		6
1342	Eudonia angustea		8
1395	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	108
1397	Mecyna asinalis		1
1398	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	2
1408	Palpita vitrealis		2
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		2
1716	Rhodometra sacraria	Vestal	3
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	2
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	14
1768	Thera obeliscata	Grey Pine Carpet	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	6
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	6
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
2091	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	60
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	1
2119	Peridroma saucia	Pearly Underwing	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1
2195	Mythimna vitellina	Delicate	2
2203	Mythimna unipuncta	White-speck	9
2232	Aporophyla nigra	Black Rustic	25
2240	Lithophane leautieri	Blair's Shoulder-knot	1
2255	Polymixis lichenea scillonea	Feathered Ranunculus	30
2263	Agrochola lota	Red-line Quaker	7
2270	Omphaloscelis lunosa	Lunar Underwing	1
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	4
2375	Rhizedra lutosa	Large Wainscot	3
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	2
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1