Species List for 17/06/2023

 A very warm and humid night, not unsurprisingly brought an interesting selection of moths. There were 372 moths of 76 species including 25 NFY, one of the new for me and the site. 

NFY	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
03.002	Korscheltellus lupulina	Common Swift	2
18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	9
49.004	Ditula angustiorana	Red-barred Tortrix	1
49.015	Archips xylosteana	Variegated Golden Tortrix	1	NFY
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	20
49.059	Tortrix viridana	Green Oak Tortrix	46
49.060	Aleimma loeflingiana		3	NFY
49.136	Cochylis hybridella		1	NFY
49.157	Hedya pruniana	Plum Tortrix	4
49.161	Celypha striana		3
49.260	Zeiraphera isertana		1	NFY
49.375	Pammene regiana		1	NFY
62.001	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
62.028	Dioryctria abietella		2
63.018	Anania coronata		2	NFY
63.034	Udea prunalis		1	NFY
63.058	Evergestis extimalis		1	NFY
63.067	Eudonia lacustrata		2
63.080	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	2
63.081	Crambus pascuella		2
63.088	Crambus perlella		1	NFY
63.120	Schoenobius gigantella		1	NFY
65.010	Tethea ocularis	Figure of Eighty	3	NFY
69.016	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
69.017	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
70.008	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	1	NFY
70.012	Idaea trigeminata	Treble Brown Spot	1	NFY
70.061	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	3	NFY
70.083	Thera cupressata	Cypress Carpet	1	NFY
70.097	Dysstroma truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1
70.127	Horisme radicaria	Cryptic Fern	1	NFY
70.144	Pasiphila rectangulata	Green Pug	1
70.173	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	2
70.176	Eupithecia intricata	Freyer's Pug	1
70.183	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	2
70.200	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	2
70.212	Macaria alternata	Sharp-angled Peacock	2
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
70.252	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	2
70.258	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	10
70.280	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1
70.283	Campaea margaritaria	Light Emerald	2
71.020	Pterostoma palpina	Pale Prominent	1
72.015	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	2
72.019	Spilosoma lutea	Buff Ermine	3
72.049	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	2
72.069	Laspeyria flexula	Beautiful Hook-tip	1	NFY
72.070	Trisateles emortualis	Olive Crescent	1	NFY
73.012	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	2
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	2
73.040	Acronicta leporina	Miller	1	NFY
73.045	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	1
73.046	Subacronicta megacephala	Poplar Grey	1	NFY
73.092	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	2
73.096	Hoplodrina octogenaria	Uncertain	1
73.099	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	6
73.101	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	16
73.113	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	2
73.158	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	2
73.162	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	25
73.163	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	2	NFY
73.164	Apamea sublustris	Reddish Light Arches	1	NFY
73.174	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	13
73.255	Anarta trifolii	Nutmeg	1	NFY
73.267	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
73.281	Hadena bicruris	Lychnis	1	NFY
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	18
73.295	Mythimna vitellina	Delicate	2
73.317	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	70
73.319	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
73.320	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	14
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	11
73.334	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	11
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	6
74.008	Pseudoips prasinana	Green Silver-lines	1	NFY

Schoenobius gigantella

  

Olive Crescent

Species List for 16/07/2021

224 moths of  65 species with two NFY, both interesting records. The great Brocade was my first since 2006 when I had two. Although there is a population in Scotland, here it is a migrant. The Schoenobius gigantella  was the second here, the first a female in 2010.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
424	Yponomeuta evonymella	Bird-cherry Ermine	5
642	Batia unitella		1
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	3
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		1
994	Clepsis consimilana		1
1001	Lozotaeniodes formosanus		1
1010	Ditula angustiorana	Red-barred Tortrix	2
1063	Celypha striana		2
1201	Eucosma cana		1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	25
1302	Crambus perlella		1
1304	Agriphila straminella		2
1328	Schoenobius gigantella		1	NFY
1338	Dipleurina lacustrata		1
1375	Ostrinia nubilalis	European Corn Borer	5
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	4
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1
1653	Habrosyne pyritoides	Buff Arches	4
1699	Idaea rusticata	Least Carpet	2
1707	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	1
1709	Idaea subsericeata	Satin Wave	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	10
1758	Eulithis pyraliata	Barred Straw	3
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	2
1921	Crocallis elinguaria	Scalloped Oak	1
1922	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Swallow-tailed Moth	2
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	3
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	3
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty	1
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	3
1976	Sphinx ligustri	Privet Hawk-moth	1
1980	Smerinthus ocellata	Eyed Hawk-moth	1
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	2
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	5
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	4
2000	Notodonta dromedarius	Iron Prominent	1
2029	Euproctis chrysorrhoea	Brown-tail	1
2030	Euproctis similis	Yellow-tail	1
2047	Eilema complana	Scarce Footman	1
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	8
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	4
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	4
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	3
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	4
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	8
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	4
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2110a	Noctua janthina	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	5
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	2
2137	Eurois occulta	Great Brocade	1	NFY
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	3
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	4
2216	Cucullia umbratica	Shark	1
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	17
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	1
2343x	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg.	18
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	10
2382	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	2
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	5
2387a	Platyperigea kadenii	Clancy's Rustic	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	4

 

Schoenobius gigantella

Great Brocade