Saturday, 22 August 2020

Species List for 21/08/2020

Just when I was wondering why I'd bothered to put my traps out last night, I got the last one, in the vegetable garden and among a handful of Common Wainscots was my first Shore Wainscot. In total there were 235 moths of just 36 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1304 Agriphila straminella 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 15
1309 Agriphila geniculea 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 9
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 22
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 42   
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 7
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 20
2201 Mythimna litoralis Shore Wainscot 1 NFS
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 32
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 34
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 5
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
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 Shore Wainscot



Above - showing how it sits slightly "tented" and below the bright white hind-wing.


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