Species List for 7/8/2009

Comparison of the undersides of Langmaid's (on the right) and Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow-underwing.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
15	Hepialus sylvina	Orange Swift	1
424	Yponomeuta evonymella	Bird-cherry Ermine	1
455	Ypsolopha scabrella		1
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	8
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	3
972	Pandemis heparana	Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix	2
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	6
1063	Celypha striana		1
1302	Crambus perlella		4
1305	Agriphila tristella		8
1344	Eudonia mercurella		6
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	1
1361	Pyrausta aurata		1
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata		2
1398	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	2
1405	Pleuroptya ruralis	Mother of Pearl	2
1424	Endotricha flammealis		3
1470	Euzophera pinguis		1
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		2
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	4
1682	Timandra comae	Blood-vein	1
1690	Scopula imitaria	Small Blood-vein	1
1699	Idaea rusticata atrosignaria	Least Carpet	1
1702	Idaea biselata	Small Fan-footed Wave	1
1705	Idaea fuscovenosa	Dwarf Cream Wave	1
1708	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	7
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	21
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	5
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
1752	Cosmorhoe ocellata	Purple Bar	1
1782	Horisme tersata	Fern	1
1803	Perizoma alchemillata	Small Rivulet	1
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	6
1835	Eupithecia tripunctaria	White-spotted Pug	1
1858	Chloroclystis v-ata	V-Pug	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1884	Abraxas grossulariata	Magpie Moth	2
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	13
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1
2030	Euproctis similis	Yellow-tail	6
2044	Eilema griseola	Dingy Footman	9
2047	Eilema complana	Scarce Footman	2
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	1
2064	Phragmatobia fuliginosa	Ruby Tiger	2
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	2
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	54
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	15
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	24
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	7
2110a	Noctua janthina	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	4
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	35
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	34
2166	Hadena rivularis	Campion	1
2194	Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	2
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark / Grey Dagger	2
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	6
2295	Cryphia muralis	Marbled Green	3
2297	Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing	1
2299	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	4
2318	Cosmia trapezina	Dun-bar	3
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	4
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	20
2343a	Mesapamea didyma	Lesser Common Rustic	9
2352	Eremobia ochroleuca	Dusky Sallow	1
2353	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	2
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	2
2382	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	5
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2385	Spodoptera exigua	Small Mottled Willow	2
2439	Plusia festucae	Gold Spot	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	6
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	15

Species List for 6/8/2009

Five Langmaid's Yellow Underwings among 72 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
15	Hepialus sylvina	Orange Swift	2
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	2
873	Blastobasis lignea		2
874	Blastobasis decolorella		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	6
1036	Acleris forsskaleana		1
1063	Celypha striana		1
1261	Cydia pomonella	Codling Moth	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	5
1302	Crambus perlella		8
1305	Agriphila tristella		3
1316	Catoptria falsella		4
1344	Eudonia mercurella		1
1361	Pyrausta aurata		3
1413	Hypsopygia costalis	Gold Triangle	1
1424	Endotricha flammealis		3
1425	Galleria mellonella	Wax Moth	2
1470	Euzophera pinguis		1
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1
1702	Idaea biselata	Small Fan-footed Wave	1
1708	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	4
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	7
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1739	Epirrhoe rivata	Wood Carpet	1
1742	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	1
1804	Perizoma bifaciata	Barred Rivulet	3
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1917	Selenia dentaria	Early Thorn	1
1920	Odontopera bidentata	Scalloped Hazel	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	4
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty	1
2000	Notodonta dromedarius	Iron Prominent	1
2003	Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1
2007	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	1
2019	Clostera curtula	Chocolate-tip	1
2044	Eilema griseola	Dingy Footman	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2064	Phragmatobia fuliginosa	Ruby Tiger	2
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
2091	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	2
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	38
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	21
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	42
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	16
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2110a	Noctua janthina	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	5
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	72
2112	Noctua interjecta	Least Yellow Underwing	4
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	37
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot	1
2134	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	2
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	3
2166	Hadena rivularis	Campion	1
2193	Mythimna ferrago	Clay	1
2223	Calophasia lunula	Toadflax Brocade	1
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark / Grey Dagger	1
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	4
2295	Cryphia muralis	Marbled Green	1
2299	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	3
2318	Cosmia trapezina	Dun-bar	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	9
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	65
2343a	Mesapamea didyma	Lesser Common Rustic	1
2352	Eremobia ochroleuca	Dusky Sallow	3
2353	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	6
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	6
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	2
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	8
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	6

Species List for 5/8/2009

Still a few micros to try and identify (but aren't there always). The fifth Northern Rustic in three years, abd the first Bordered Straw of the year, after a blank 2008 and only one in 2007, this weather pattern could bring some more.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
455	Ypsolopha scabrella		2
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	20
873	Blastobasis lignea		2
937	Agapeta hamana		1
977	Archips podana	Large Fruit-tree Tortrix	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	4
1036	Acleris forsskaleana		6
1261	Cydia pomonella	Codling Moth	2
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	3
1302	Crambus perlella		10
1305	Agriphila tristella		6
1344	Eudonia mercurella		1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	2
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata		1
1398	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	1
1405	Pleuroptya ruralis	Mother of Pearl	2
1415	Orthopygia glaucinalis		3
1424	Endotricha flammealis		1
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	8
1654	Tethea ocularis	Figure of Eighty	1
1682	Timandra comae	Blood-vein	1
1690	Scopula imitaria	Small Blood-vein	1
1699	Idaea rusticata atrosignaria	Least Carpet	2
1702	Idaea biselata	Small Fan-footed Wave	3
1708	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	7
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	29
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	6
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
1803	Perizoma alchemillata	Small Rivulet	1
1804	Perizoma bifaciata	Barred Rivulet	1
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	5
1830	Eupithecia absinthiata	Wormwood Pug	1
1835	Eupithecia tripunctaria	White-spotted Pug	1
1858	Chloroclystis v-ata	V-Pug	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	2
1884	Abraxas grossulariata	Magpie Moth	1
1888	Ligdia adustata	Scorched Carpet	1
1890	Macaria alternata	Sharp-angled Peacock	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	5
1921	Crocallis elinguaria	Scalloped Oak	1
1922	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Swallow-tailed Moth	2
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	3
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	6
1947	Ectropis bistortata	Engrailed	1
2003	Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1
2030	Euproctis similis	Yellow-tail	6
2033	Lymantria monacha	Black Arches	1
2044	Eilema griseola	Dingy Footman	1
2047	Eilema complana	Scarce Footman	3
2064	Phragmatobia fuliginosa	Ruby Tiger	2
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
2091	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	21
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	11
2104	Standfussiana lucernea	Northern Rustic	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	21
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	10
2110a	Noctua janthina	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	2
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	43
2112	Noctua interjecta	Least Yellow Underwing	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	15
2134	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	2
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	2
2173	Hadena bicruris	Lychnis	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	3
2292	Cryphia algae	Tree-lichen Beauty	1
2295	Cryphia muralis	Marbled Green	11
2299	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	5
2318	Cosmia trapezina	Dun-bar	8
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	2
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	19
2352	Eremobia ochroleuca	Dusky Sallow	10
2353	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	6
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	2
2382	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	1
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	2
2403	Heliothis peltigera	Bordered Straw	1
2425	Colocasia coryli	Nut-tree Tussock	3
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	5
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	3

Species list for 4/8/2009

The Annulet was a new species for the garden, the Langmaid's Yellow underwing was the 19th this year, either they are getting more common or I'm looking harder.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
455	Ypsolopha scabrella		2
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
873	Blastobasis adustella		18
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		1
977	Archips podana	Large Fruit-tree Tortrix	3
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	4
1036	Acleris forsskaleana		4
1063	Celypha striana		1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	3
1302	Crambus perlella		6
1305	Agriphila tristella		7
1344	Eudonia mercurella		1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata		1
1398	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	2
1424	Endotricha flammealis		1
1425	Galleria mellonella	Wax Moth	1
1435	Conobathra tumidana		1
1439	Trachycera advenella		1
1470	Euzophera pinguis		1
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	2
1699	Idaea rusticata atrosignaria	Least Carpet	1
1702	Idaea biselata	Small Fan-footed Wave	3
1705	Idaea fuscovenosa	Dwarf Cream Wave	1
1708	Idaea dimidiata	Single-dotted Wave	1
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	19
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	4
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	2
1742	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	1
1804	Perizoma bifaciata	Barred Rivulet	1
1812	Eupithecia inturbata	Maple Pug	1
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	4
1835	Eupithecia tripunctaria	White-spotted Pug	3
1855	Eupithecia phoeniceata	Cypress Pug	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	4
1917	Selenia dentaria	Early Thorn	1
1921	Crocallis elinguaria	Scalloped Oak	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	4
1964	Charissa obscurata	Annulet	1
2003	Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1
2007	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	1
2030	Euproctis similis	Yellow-tail	1
2044	Eilema griseola	Dingy Footman	2
2047	Eilema complana	Scarce Footman	1
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	3
2064	Phragmatobia fuliginosa	Ruby Tiger	4
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	19
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	9
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	29
2109	Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	9
2110	Noctua fimbriata	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2110a	Noctua janthina	Langmaid's Yellow Underwing	1
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	40
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	9
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot	1
2134	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	4
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2278	Acronicta megacephala	Poplar Grey	1
2284x	Acronicta tridens/psi	Dark / Grey Dagger	2
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	2
2290	Simyra albovenosa	Reed Dagger	1
2295	Cryphia muralis	Marbled Green	7
2297	Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing	1
2299	Amphipyra tragopoginis	Mouse Moth	5
2318	Cosmia trapezina	Dun-bar	1
2319	Cosmia pyralina	Lunar-spotted Pinion	2
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	8
2341	Mesoligia furuncula	Cloaked Minor	2
2343	Mesapamea secalis	Common Rustic	29
2343a	Mesapamea didyma	Lesser Common Rustic	1
2352	Eremobia ochroleuca	Dusky Sallow	2
2353	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	3
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	3
2382	Hoplodrina blanda	Rustic	1
2425	Colocasia coryli	Nut-tree Tussock	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	9
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	1

Pyrausta aurata

Pyrausta aurata

Another look, with the advice from Andy Mitchell on the underwing differences, leads me to thinks that this is aurata, not purpuralis.