Species List for 24/09/2024

Four traps, 80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 80W MV "Bucket trap", in the Greenhouse Garden, and the 15W Actinic strip in a "bucket" trap, in the Front Garden. There were 129 moths of 39 species with three NFY. A second Euchromius ocellea was a surprise.

 

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
28.009	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House-moth	1
49.070	Acleris rhombana	Rhomboid Tortrix	1
63.048	Palpita vitrealis		9
63.054	Cydalima perspectalis	Box-tree Moth	3
63.076	Euchromius ocellea		1
63.095	Agriphila geniculea		1
70.008	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	1
70.047	Nycterosea obstipata	Gem	1	nfy
70.049	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
70.097	Dysstroma truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
70.141	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
70.235	Ennomos fuscantaria	Dusky Thorn	3
70.243	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Swallow-tailed Moth	1
70.258	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	4
72.003	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	1
72.041	Lithosia quadra	Four-spotted Footman	2
72.069	Laspeyria flexula	Beautiful Hook-tip	1
73.012	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	1
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	3
73.076	Helicoverpa armigera	Scarce Bordered Straw	4
73.087	Spodoptera exigua	Small Mottled Willow	1
73.095	Caradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	6
73.099	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
73.113	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	3
73.186	Agrochola lychnidis	Beaded Chestnut	4
73.187	Agrochola litura	Brown-spot Pinion	1	nfy
73.193	Anchoscelis lunosa	Lunar Underwing	6
73.219	Atethmia centrago	Centre-barred Sallow	2
73.235	Polymixis lichenea	Feathered Ranunculus	2
73.295	Mythimna vitellina	Delicate	11
73.300	Mythimna l-album	L-album Wainscot	1
73.319	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	21
73.343	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
73.345	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	4
73.357	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	11
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	9
73.365	Eugnorisma glareosa	Autumnal Rustic	1	nfy

The Gem

Brown-spot Pinion,

Autumnal Rustic,

Rhomboid Tortrix

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Species List for 11/09/2023

 A lot of moths, but dominated by four species. In total there were 711 moths but only 52 species, and a Gem of one NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
28.010	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House-moth	2
28.024	Tachystola acroxantha		1
32.017	Agonopterix arenella		2
49.038	Clepsis consimilana		1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	10
49.077	Acleris variegana	Garden Rose Tortrix	1
63.031	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	1
63.048	Palpita vitrealis		2
63.054	Cydalima perspectalis	Box-tree Moth	69
63.069	Eudonia angustea		5
63.095	Agriphila geniculea		2
70.008	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	8
70.016	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	1
70.047	Nycterosea obstipata	Gem	1	NFY
70.049	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	3
70.061	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
70.097	Dysstroma truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	3
70.100	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	1
70.141	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	4
70.173	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	2
70.226	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	9
70.232	Ennomos autumnaria	Large Thorn	3
70.235	Ennomos fuscantaria	Dusky Thorn	12
70.258	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	16
70.283	Campaea margaritaria	Light Emerald	7
72.002	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	1
72.003	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	11
72.044	Eilema griseola	Dingy Footman	1
72.069	Laspeyria flexula	Beautiful Hook-tip	1
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	2
73.037x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger	1
73.062	Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing	2
73.095	Caradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	2
73.099	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	9
73.113	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	6
73.123	Hydraecia micacea	Rosy Rustic	3
73.131	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	27
73.169x	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg.	1
73.219	Atethmia centrago	Centre-barred Sallow	16
73.235	Polymixis lichenea	Feathered Ranunculus	1
73.267	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	4
73.291	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	15
73.295	Mythimna vitellina	Delicate	5
73.297	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	3
73.325	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2
73.327	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	2
73.334	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	190
73.343	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
73.345	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	9
73.348	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	5
73.357	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	64
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	159

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A female Gem, annoyingly it was disturbe3d by the LYUW and flew, so this rather poor photo was the only one I got.

Species List for 23/10/2020

 Not a great number of moths with 84 of just 13 species, but there was a NFS with a  Radford's Flame Shoulder, a Gem, sadly rather tatty, and an Oak Rustic, both NFY, a Scarce Bordered Straw was only the third this year.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	2
1720	Orthonama obstipata	Gem	1	NFY
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	4
2102a	Ochropleura leucogaster	Radford's Flame Shoulder	1	NFS
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	54
2194	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	2
2232	Aporophyla nigra	Black Rustic	2
2246a	Dryobota labecula	Oak Rustic	1	NFY
2255	Polymixis lichenea	Feathered Ranunculus	5
2259	Conistra ligula	Dark Chestnut	1
2267	Agrochola lychnidis	Beaded Chestnut	9
2375	Rhizedra lutosa	Large Wainscot	1
2400	Helicoverpa armigera	Scarce Bordered Straw	1

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Rusty Dot Pearl

 

,Dark Chestnut.

 

,Oak Rustic

 

Scarce Bordered Straw

 

Radford's Flame Shoulder,

 

Gem