Species List for 14/7/2015

368 moths of 79 speices, but nothing exciting.

 A rather pale Mullein Wave

Cloaked Minor

Ruby Tiger

European Corn Borer

Bordered Straw, looking a bit tatty.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
138	Lampronia fuscatella		1
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	3
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	2
697	Agonopterix arenella		1
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		1
972	Pandemis heparana	Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix	1
994	Clepsis consimilana		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	4
1001	Lozotaeniodes formosanus		1
1010	Ditula angustiorana	Red-barred Tortrix	1
1063	Celypha striana		12
1201	Eucosma cana		1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	41
1302	Crambus perlella		7
1304	Agriphila straminella		2
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		3
1338	Dipleurina lacustrata		1
1375	Ostrinia nubilalis	European Corn Borer	1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1
1392	Udea olivalis		1
1398	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1653	Habrosyne pyritoides	Buff Arches	2
1669	Hemithea aestivaria	Common Emerald	1
1689	Scopula marginepunctata	Mullein Wave	1
1699	Idaea rusticata atrosignaria	Least Carpet	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	12
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1739	Epirrhoe rivata	Wood Carpet	1
1758	Eulithis pyraliata	Barred Straw	1
1777	Hydriomena furcata	July Highflyer	1
1830	Eupithecia absinthiata	Wormwood Pug	1
1887	Lomaspilis marginata	Clouded Border	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1921	Crocallis elinguaria	Scalloped Oak	1
1922	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Swallow-tailed Moth	2
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty	5
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	4
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	5
2029	Euproctis chrysorrhoea	Brown-tail	4
2049	Eilema depressa	Buff Footman	1
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	3
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	6
2064	Phragmatobia fulginosa	Ruby Tiger	6
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	8
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	20
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	24
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	19
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	2
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	2
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	8
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot	6
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	1
2155	Melanchra persicariae	Dot Moth	15
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	4
2193	Mythimna ferrago	Clay	4
2198	Mythimna impura	Smoky Wainscot	4
2202	Mythimna l-album	L-album Wainscot	1
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
2293	Cryphia domestica	Marbled Beauty	1
2295	Cryphia muralis	Marbled Green	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	17
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	2
2341	Mesoligia furuncula	Cloaked Minor	1
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	31
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	6
2381x	Hoplodrina alsines/blanda	Uncertain/Rustic agg.	16
2382	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	10
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2385	Spodoptera exigua	Small Mottled Willow	3
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	2
2403	Heliothis peltigera	Bordered Straw	1
2408	Eublemma parva	Small Marbled	1
2434	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	2
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	2
2442	Autographa pulchrina	Beautiful Golden Y	1
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	3
2489	Zanclognatha tarsipennalis	Fan-foot	2

Species List for 9/7/2015

Temperature dropped to 14.1 deg C over night. Altogether there were 210 moths of 52 species.
A nice Lobster Moth was only the 5th I've caught.

 Least Carpet

 Lobster Moth

 Lobster Moth

 Bordered Sallow

 Dioryctria abietella

 Swallow Prominent

 

Cloaked Minor

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		2
977	Archips podana	Large Fruit-tree Tortrix	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	4
1001	Lozotaeniodes formosanus		1
1063	Celypha striana		5
1076	Celypha lacunana		1
1201	Eucosma cana		1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	8
1302	Crambus perlella		2
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		8
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	2
1395	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1454	Dioryctria abietella		1
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1699	Idaea rusticata atrosignaria	Least Carpet	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
1758	Eulithis pyraliata	Barred Straw	6
1830	Eupithecia absinthiata	Wormwood Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1921	Crocallis elinguaria	Scalloped Oak	2
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	4
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	5
1999	Stauropus fagi	Lobster Moth	1	NFY
2007	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	1
2009	Ptilodon cucullina	Maple Prominent	1
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	5
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	9
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	13
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	27
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	11
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	6
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	7
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot	1
2155	Melanchra persicariae	Dot Moth	2
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	3
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	9
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	1
2327	Apamea epomidion	Clouded Brindle	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	4
2341	Mesoligia furuncula	Cloaked Minor	1	NFY
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	18
2381x	Hoplodrina alsines/blanda	Uncertain/Rustic agg.	15
2382	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	5
2385	Spodoptera exigua	Small Mottled Willow	1
2399	Pyrrhia umbra	Bordered Sallow	1	NFY
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1

Species List for 2/7/2014

A few new moth for the year, but for me the third Evergestis limbata, and one thatI managed to photgraph before if flew off was the highlight. On a coolish night, mon temp 11.7 deg C there were 305 moths of 58 species including 16 micro species. I managed to find time (no football!) to take some pictures from the last couple of days. A few below.

  Caloptilia stigmatella

  Phycitodes binaevella

 Synaphe punctalis

 Pale Prominent

  Short-cloaked Moth

 Evergestis limbata

Cloaked Minor

 Small Yellow Wave

 White Satin

Buff Footman

 

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	5
937	Agapeta hamana		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1001	Lozotaeniodes formosanus		3
1010	Ditula angustiorana	Red-barred Tortrix	1
1063	Celypha striana		1
1261	Cydia pomonella	Codling Moth	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	18
1294	Crambus pascuella		1
1302	Crambus perlella		5
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		6
1344	Eudonia mercurella		1
1356a	Evergestis limbata		1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	2
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata		1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	2
1483	Phycitodes binaevella		1
1653	Habrosyne pyritoides	Buff Arches	4
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	9
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
1816	Eupithecia linariata	Toadflax Pug	1
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1858	Chloroclystis v-ata	V-Pug	1
1876	Hydrelia flammeolaria	Small Yellow Wave	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	2
1910	Apeira syringaria	Lilac Beauty	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	5
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty	4
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	2
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	4
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2030	Euproctis similis	Yellow-tail	1	NFY
2031	Leucoma salicis	White Satin	1	NFY
2049	Eilema depressa	Buff Footman	1
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	12
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	2
2077	Nola cucullatella	Short-cloaked Moth	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	30
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	54
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	14
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	10
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	5
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot	4
2155	Melanchra persicariae	Dot Moth	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	2
2291	Craniophora ligustri	Coronet	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	26
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	5
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	2
2341	Mesoligia furuncula	Cloaked Minor	2	NFY
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	6
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	19
2382	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	6
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	7
2434	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	1