Species List for 21/05/2026

 Four traps. A 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden. The sharp upturn in the temperature had a major affect on the moth count, with 99 moths of 34 species with ten NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
28.010	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House-moth	1	nfy
28.024	Tachystola acroxantha		5
44.001	Alucita hexadactyla	Many-plumed Moth	2
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	12
62.001	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1	nfy
63.025	Anania hortulata	Small Magpie	1	nfy
63.031	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	1	nfy
63.057	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	1
63.067	Eudonia lacustrata		1	nfy
63.069	Eudonia angustea		1
70.061	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1	nfy
70.097	Dysstroma truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	4
70.157	Eupithecia dodoneata	Oak-tree Pug	1
70.183	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	2
70.184	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	1	nfy
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	2
70.257	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	3
70.280	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1	nfy
71.013	Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1	nfy
71.025	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	2
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	1
72.020	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	1
72.031	Tyria jacobaeae	Cinnabar	1	nfy
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
73.099	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	7
73.101	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	20
73.113	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
73.273	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	7
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	6
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	6
73.329	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1

Rusty-dot Pearl

Brown House Moth

Bee Moth

Cinnabar

Common Carpet

Small Magpie

Pebble Prominent

Eudonia lacustrata

Clouded Silver

Mottled Pug

 

Species List for 20/05/2020

A better night with 110 moths of around 38 species. Scalloped Hook-tip was new for the site and there were 12 more NFY

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
229	Monopis obviella		1	NFY
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
648	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House Moth	1
649	Esperia sulphurella		1	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	23
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		2
1336	Eudonia pallida		2	NFY
1342	Eudonia angustea		1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1	NFY
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1	NFY
1645	Falcaria lacertinaria	Scalloped Hook-tip	1	NFS
1769	Thera britannica	Spruce Carpet	1	NFY
1817	Eupithecia pulchellata	Foxglove Pug	1	NFY
1819	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	1	NFY
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	4
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1
1893	Macaria liturata	Tawny-barred Angle	1	NFY
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	4
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	2
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1	NFY
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	3
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2000	Notodonta dromedarius	Iron Prominent	1	NFY
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	2
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	3
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	5
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	8
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	6
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1	NFY
2223	Calophasia lunula	Toadflax Brocade	1	NFY
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	2
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	1
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	2
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	16
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	3
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1

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Monopis obviella

Esperia sulphurella

Eudonia pallida

Small Magpie

Bee Moth

 Scalloped Hook-tip

Scalloped Hook-tip

 Foxglove Pug

Mottled Pug

Tawny-barred Angle

Poplar Hawk-moth

Iron Prominent

A very tatty, but first for the year, Common Wainscot

Toadflax Brocade 

Toadflax Brocade