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.


Wednesday 29 June 2022

Species List for 28/06/2022

 A better night with 276 moths of 90 species and eight NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

173

Apoda limacodes

Festoon

1

293

Caloptilia syringella

1

464

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1

647

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House Moth

1

809

Pexicopia malvella

Hollyhock Seed Moth

1

NFY

840

Thiotricha subocellea

1

NFY

874

Blastobasis lacticolella

1

977

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

1

994

Clepsis consimilana

1

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

5

1010

Ditula angustiorana

Red-barred Tortrix

1

1063

Celypha striana

3

1079

Piniphila bifasciana

1

NFY

1288

Alucita hexadactyla

Twenty-plume Moth

4

1293

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

15

1334

Scoparia ambigualis

1

1338

Dipleurina lacustrata

2

1342

Eudonia angustea

1

1375

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn Borer

3

1376

Eurrhypara hortulata

Small Magpie

1

1378

Phlyctaenia coronata

2

1428

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

4

1438

Trachycera suavella

1

1458

Myelois circumvoluta

Thistle Ermine

1

1481

Homoeosoma sinuella

1

1513

Pterophorus pentadactyla

White Plume Moth

1

1524

Emmelina monodactyla

2

1634

Malacosoma neustria

Lackey

1

NFY

1689

Scopula marginepunctata

Mullein Wave

1

NFY

1690

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1

1699

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

5

1705

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

3

1708

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

1

1711

Idaea trigeminata

Treble Brown Spot

2

1713

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

7

1735

Catarhoe rubidata

Ruddy Carpet

1

NFY

1740

Epirrhoe galiata

Galium Carpet

1

1752

Cosmorhoe ocellata

Purple Bar

1

1758

Eulithis pyraliata

Barred Straw

3

1765

Cidaria fulvata

Barred Yellow

1

1777

Hydriomena furcata

July Highflyer

1

NFY

1825

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1

1858

Chloroclystis v-ata

V-Pug

1

1860

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

3

1887

Lomaspilis marginata

Clouded Border

1

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

3

1917

Selenia dentaria

Early Thorn

1

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

4

1937

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

3

1941

Alcis repandata

Mottled Beauty

4

1944

Hypomecis punctinalis

Pale Oak Beauty

2

1958

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

5

1976

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

6

1978

Hyloicus pinastri

Pine Hawk-moth

1

1980

Smerinthus ocellata

Eyed Hawk-moth

2

1981

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

2

1991

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

3

1992

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1

2009

Ptilodon cucullina

Maple Prominent

1

2029

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

2

2050

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

18

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

7

2088

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

20

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

10

2098

Axylia putris

Flame

10

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

4

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

2

2111

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

11

2128

Xestia triangulum

Double Square-spot

1

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

4

2167

Hadena perplexa

Tawny Shears

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

4

2202

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1

2216

Cucullia umbratica

Shark

1

2284x

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

1

2291

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

2

2321

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

9

2322

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1

2337x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

6

2381

Hoplodrina alsines

Uncertain

13

2387

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

6

2389

Paradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1

2434

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1

2449

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1

2450

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1

2477

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

3

2488a

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

1

NFY

2489

Zanclognatha tarsipennalis

Fan-foot

1

 

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