July Belle

July Belle (Scotopteryx luridata)

New for the garden and new for me. I don't know if this is likely to be a migrant. A shame it is a bit tatty.

Species List for 23/6/2010

The warm night and four traps, made for a busier morning. two more Loopers, both with stronger cross lines than the others I've caught this year. Two Scoparia species that will be checked (done) and a July Belle (checked). Also a couple of pugs and micros to check out. 204 Moths of 53 species is a bit better.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	14
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	2
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	9
1011	Pseudargyrotoza conwagana		1
1032	Aleimma loeflingiana		1
1033	Tortrix viridana	Green Oak Tortrix	6
1063	Celypha striana		7
1076	Celypha lacunana		2
1082	Hedya pruniana	Plum Tortrix	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	5
1302	Crambus perlella		1
1333	Scoparia pyralella		1
1334	Scoparia ambigualis		1
1361	Pyrausta aurata		1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	3
1640	Euthrix potatoria	Drinker	1
1734	Scotopteryx luridata	July Belle	1
1740	Epirrhoe galiata	Galium Carpet	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
1819	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	4
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	4
1837	Eupithecia subfuscata	Grey Pug	1
1860	Pasiphila rectangulata	Green Pug	2
1896	Itame brunneata	Rannoch Looper	2
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	2
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty	1
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	10
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	1
2039	Atolmis rubricollis	Red-necked Footman	1
2043	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	3
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	3
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	13
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	53
2091	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	2
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	2
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	5
2166	Hadena rivularis	Campion	1
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	11
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	1
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	3
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	7
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	1
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1

Species List for 22/6/2010

Another Rannoch Looper, my contibution to what is turning out to be an invasion! 141 moths of 33 species.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	3
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	2
1711	Idaea trigeminata	Treble Brown Spot	1
1819	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1896	Itame brunneata	Rannoch Looper	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	2
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	2
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	5
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	8
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	66
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	1
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	3
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	2
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	8
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	1
2170	Hadena compta	Varied Coronet	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	6
2330	Apamea remissa	Dusky Brocade	1
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	4
2381	Hoplodrina blanda	The Rustic	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	9
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	1
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	1

Species Lists for 21/6/2010

93 Moths, a third of them Hearts and Darts, of 32 species. Is summer and some interesting mothing around the corner? Late identification of Indian Meal Moth, Plodia interpunctella, a first for the site

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	3
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	5
1002	Lozotaenia forsterana		1
1063	Celypha striana		1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	1
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	1
1378	Phlyctaenia coronata		1
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
1819	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	2
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	2
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	2
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	2
2043	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	3
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	30
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	2
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2167	Hadena perplexa	Tawny Shears	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	7
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	2
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	2
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	8
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	3
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1

Species List for 20/6/2010

the forcast promises warmer nights and things picked up just a little.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1033	Tortrix viridana	Green Oak Tortrix	1
1063	Celypha striana		1
1082	Hedya pruniana	Plum Tortrix	1
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	2
1711	Idaea trigeminata	Treble Brown Spot	1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	3
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	7
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	29
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	3
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	2
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	2
2339	Oligia latruncula	Tawny Marbled Minor	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	2
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	1

Species List for 19/6/2010

In a note to "UK moths" yahoo group, Andy Adams from Wadhurst in East Sussex described last night as his worst ever in 40 years of mothing, and I think that for a June night he was probably about right.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
1727	Xanthorhoe montanata	Silver-ground Carpet	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	15
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	1
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	2
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	2
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	3

Species List for 18/6/2010

Not a fantastic night, but two Rannoch Loopers were a good catch. Still cold and Northerly winds, prevent a really large catch.

Rannoch Looper (Itame brunneata)

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
14	Hepialus humuli	Ghost Moth	1
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	15
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1033	Tortrix viridana	Green Oak Tortrix	3
1063	Celypha striana		3
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	1
1711	Idaea trigeminata	Treble Brown Spot	1
1752	Cosmorhoe ocellata	Purple Bar	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
1819	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	2
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1896	Itame brunneata	Rannoch Looper	2
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	18
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	3
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	3
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	5
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	5
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1

Species List for 17/6/2010

Just 44 moths of 17 species. The same day last year I caught 149 moths of 39 species.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	6
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	2
874	Blastobasis decolorella		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	1
1819	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	2
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	3
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	19
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	1
2339	Oligia latruncula	Tawny Marbled Minor	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	1

Species List for 16/6/2010

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	4
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	1
1819	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2007	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	30
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	3
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	1
2216	Cucullia umbratica	Shark	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	1
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	2
2339	Oligia latruncula	Tawny Marbled Minor	2
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	4

Species List for 15/6/2010

It is hard to believe that it is the middle of June. Get the long Johns out and ut the heating on!

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1063	Celypha striana		1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	4
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	19
2164	Hecatera bicolorata	Broad-barred White	1
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1