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Field Trip - Hexton Chalk Pit - 25/07/17 Below are the moths Trevor and myself recorded at Hexton Chalk Pit last Tuesday night. 74 Macros and 69 Micros (143 species in total) was a pleasing haul of species packing up at around 1am when the wind got up a bit, I presume that if we stayed later we would have added more. The night was warm and relatively muggy with increasing cloud cover as the lights were switched on. At leaving time at 2am it was still 15 degrees. Stand-out species were of course a fresh Annulet, only the second modern record, and also at least 8 examples of Teleiodes sequax, a Rock-rose feeding species and probably to be expected, again a rare moth for the County and probably confined to Chalk Grassland. A single slightly worn Delplanqueia was kept for checking for either dilutella or inscriptella. Acleris aspersana were absolutely everywhere and easily numbered 30+ Sitochroa palealis was also a first for me, and another Pyralid that seems to be confined to Hexton Chalk Pit in the County Paratalanta hyalinalis was recorded once again with 4 individuals. All in all a pleasing effort and 4 new moths for me. List below Macro Moths Annulet Barred Hook-tip Barred Rivulet Black Arches Brimstone Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Brown-line Bright-eye Buff Footman Burnet Companion Clay Cloaked Minor Clouded Silver Common Carpet Common Emerald Common Rustic Copper Underwing Dark Arches Dark Umber Dingy Footman Double Square-spot Dun-bar Dusky Sallow Dusky Thorn Dwarf Cream Wave Engrailed Fern Flame Shoulder Ghost Moth Grey Dagger Haworth's Pug July Highflyer Large Yellow Underwing Least Carpet Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Lesser Yellow Underwing Light Arches Lime-speck Pug Maple Pug Mottled Beauty Mouse Moth Nut-tree Tussock Oak Eggar Oak Hook-tip Pale Prominent Pebble Prominent Poplar Grey Pretty Chalk Carpet Purple Bar Red Twin-spot Carpet Riband Wave Rosy Minor Royal Mantle Ruby Tiger Rustic Scarce Footman Setaceous Hebrew Character Shaded Broad-bar Shuttle-shaped Dart Silver Y Slender Brindle Small Fan-footed Wave Small Phoenix Small Purple-barred Small Scallop Small Waved Umber Smoky Wainscot Spectacle Straw Dot Treble Brown Spot White Satin White-spotted Pug Willow Beauty Wood Carpet Yellow shell Micro Moths Acentria ephemerella Acleris aspersana Acleris forsskaleana Acompsia schmidtiellus Acrobasis advenella Aethes cnicana Agapeta hamana Agapeta zoegana Agonopterix arenella Agonopterix kaekeritziana Agonopterix pallorella Agonopterix purpurea Agriphila straminella Agriphila tristella Anania hortulata Archips podana Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia goedartella Aspilapteryx tringipennella Batia lunaris Blastobasis adustella Blastobasis lacticolella Bryotropha terrella Calamotropha paludella Carcina quercana Catoptria pinella Celypha lacunana Chrysoteuchia culmella Cnephasia sp Cochylimorpha straminea Cochylis hybridella Crassa unitella Cydia fagiglandana Cydia pomonella Cydia splendana Delplanqueia dilutella inscriptella Emmelina monodactlya Endothenia sp Endotricha flammealis Eucosma cana Eucosma conterminana Eucosma hohenwartiana Eudonia lacustrata Eulamprotes atrella Euzophera pinguis Hypsopygia costalis Mompha raschkiella Monopis weaverella Oncocera semirubella Pammene aurita Pandemis corylana Pandemis heparana Paratalanta hyalinalis Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Phycita roborella Phycitodes binaevella Pleuroptya ruralis Plutella xylostella Prays fraxinella Pyrausta aurata Pyrausta nigrata Pyrausta purpuralis Rhopobota naevana Scrobipalpa costella Scrobipalpa sp (to check) Sitochroa palealis Stenoptilia pterodactyla Stenoptilia pterodactyla Syncopacma sp Teleiodes sequax
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Yes it has taken this long to sort the Micro's out...still there are species to confirm but we are 98% there now and with 164 species I now provide a list of the Micro Moth's we caught during our 5 night stay at Las Descargues. Some really unusual moths, some commonly found in our Country and others considered as rare or possible migrants. Again species in red are completely new to me (And there were a few!) Acleris forsskaleana Acleris notana Acleris sparsana Acleris variegana Acompsia cinerella Acompsia tripunctella Acrobasis marmorea Acrobasis sodalella Acrobasis suavella Adaina microdactyla Adela australis Adela croesella Aethes rutilana Agapeta zoegana Agonopterix arenella Agonopterix assimilella Agonopterix kaekeritziana Agrotera nemoralis Aleimma loeflingiana Alucita hexadactyla Anacampsis timidella Anania crocealis Anania hortulata Anania verbascalis Anarsia spartiella Ancylis achatana Ancylis obtusana Aphelia paleana Aphomia sociella Archips crataegana Archips oporana Archips podana Archips rosana Archips xylosteana Argolamprotes micella Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia conjugella Argyresthia pruniella Batia lambdella Batia lunaris Bijugis bombycella Blastobasis glandulella Brachmia blandella Bryotropha affinis Bryotropha domestica Carcina quercana Catoptria falsella Catoptria permutatellus Catoptria verellus Celypha aurofasciana Celypha cespitana Celypha lacunana Celypha striana Chrysocrambus craterella Chrysocrambus linetella Chrysoteuchia culmella Clepsis consimilana Clepsis rurinana Cnephasia sp Coleoptera mayrella Crambus lathoniellus Crambus pascuella Crassa unitella Cydalima perspectalis Cydia fagiglandana Cydia pomonella Cydia splendana Delplanqueia dilutella Depressaria pulcherrimella Dialectia scalariella Diasemia reticularis Dichomeris alacella Dichomeris derasella Dichomeris marginella Dichrorampha petiverella Digitivalva pulicariae Dioryctria abietella Dioryctria sylvestrella Ditula angustiorana Dolicharthria punctalis Elegia similella Elophila nymphaeata Emmetia marginea Endotricha flammealis Epagoge grotiana Ephestia sp Epiblema uddmanniana Epinotia tenerana Eudonia delunella Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia mercurella Euzophora pinguis Gelechia muscosella Glyphipterix thrasonella Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Harpella forficella Hedya nubiferana Hedya ochroleucana Hofmannophila pseudospretella Hypochalcia ahenella Hypsopygia costalis Hypsopygia glaucinalis Infurcitinea atrifasciella Khorassania compositella Lathronympha strigana Lozotaenia forsterana Lozotaeniodes formosana Mecyna asinalis Metalampra italica Micropterix aglaella Micropterix aruncella Micropterix schaefferi Monopis obviella Morophaga choragella Myelois circumvoluta Nemapogon clematella Oegoconia sp Oncocera semirubella Opostega salaciella Ostrinia nubilalis Pammene fasciana Pandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Parachronistis albiceps Parahyponomeuta egregiella Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Paratalanta hyalinalis Pediasia contaminella Pelochrista caecimaculana Pempelia formosa Pempelia palumbella Phycita roborella Phycitodes binaevella Pleuroptya ruralis Pleurota pyropella Plutella xylostella Prays fraxinella Pseudotelphusa scalella Ptycholomoides aeriferanus Pyrausta aurata Pyrausta cingulata Pyrausta despicta Pyrausta purpuralis Sciota rhenella Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis Scoparia pyralella Scythris scopolella Scythropia crataegella Spilonota ocellana Syncopacma sp Teleiodes luculella Thisanotia chrysonuchella Tinea pellionella Tinea trinotella Tortrix viridana Triaxomera parasitella Udea ferrugalis Yponomeuta evonymella Yponomeuta irrorella Yponomeuta sedella Ypsolopha parenthesella Zeiraphera isertana
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Field Trip - Hexton Chalk Pit - 10/06/17 On Saturday night I went to Hexton Chalk Pit and was joined by Roger and Trevor. The day had been lovely and warm and with plenty of cloud cover the temperature would hopefully hold up, we just needed the wind to drop a bit which unfortunately didn't happen, in fact it got a bit worse at times with some pretty hefty gusts. With the high winds a factor we had to position the traps out of the wind as much as possible, running 5 traps in total and with the warm conditions I was confident. A total of 143 species were recorded by the end of the night at just before 3am, a great total and well worth staying late, and luckily we had decided to pack up as it started to drizzle. Some cracking moths were to be seen including 3 Ruddy Carpet, 1 Netted Pug, lots of Pretty Chalk Carpet, Wood Carpet, Satyr Pug and Royal Mantle and 10 Elephant Hawk-moths! Of note on the Micro front were the rare Pyralid Paratalanta hyalinalis, Hypochalcia ahenella, Acompsia cinerella and a County second record of Ethmia dodecea, the latter two species completely new for me. With still a few to check including a possible Cydia microgrammana (Which would be new for the County if correct and an Elachista sp) What a night and thanks guys for staying until the end to help pack up. Catch Report - 10/06/17 - Hexton Chalk Pit - North-west Herts - 6 traps in total - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap 1x 40w Actinic + 15w LED Trap 1x 80w Actinic Trap 1x 5w LED + 26w Spiral reptile Trap 90 Macros & 53 Micros 144 species Macro Moths Alder Moth 3 Angle Shades 2 Barred Yellow 4 Beautiful Golden-Y 1 Beautiful Hook-tip 2 Blackneck 1 Bright-line Brown-eye 2 Brimstone Moth 5 Broad-barred White 1 Brown Rustic 10 Burnished Brass 1 Cinnabar 2 clouded border 4 Clouded Brindle 2 Clouded Silver 3 Clouded-bordered Brindle 1 Common Carpet 2 Common Marbled Carpet 3 Common Pug 2 Common Swift 5 Common Wainscot 1 Common White Wave 1 Dark Arches 5 Double Square-spot 2 Elephant Hawk-moth 10 Fan-foot 1 Fern 5 Figure of Eighty 1 Flame 2 Flame Shoulder 4 Foxglove Pug 2 Freyer's Pug 1 Ghost Moth 1 Grass Rivulet 50+ Green Arches 1 Green Carpet 2 Green Silver Lines 1 Grey Pug 5 Haworth's Pug 5 Heart & Dart 15+ Ingrailed Clay 20+ Large Nutmeg 5 Large Yellow Underwing 4 Latticed heath 1 Light Arches 2 Light Brocade 2 Light Emerald 4 Lime-speck Pug 3 Lobster Moth 3 Marbled Minor 10+ Marbled White-spot 6 Middle-barred minor 2 Mottled Beauty 3 Mottled Pug 1 Mottled Rustic 5 Netted Pug 2 Orange Footman 5 Pale Tussock 1 Peach Blossom 1 Peppered Moth 3 Pretty Chalk Carpet 10 Privet Hawk-moth 5 Purple Bar 4 Riband Wave 1 Royal Mantle 5 Ruddy Carpet 3 Satyr Pug 10 Scarce Footman 1 Scorched Wing 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character 10 Shaded pug 20+ Shears 10+ Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1 Silver-ground Carpet 3 Silver-Y 2 Small Elephant Hawk-moth 3 Small Square-spot 1 Small Waved Umber 4 Small Yellow Wave 1 Snout 6 Spectacle 1 Straw Dot 10+ Tawny Marbled Minor 2 Tawny Shears 1 Treble bar 1 Treble lines 1 White Ermine 1 Willow Beauty 5 Wood Carpet 20 Yellow Shell 3 Micro Moths Acompsia cinerella 2 [NEW!] Agapeta hamana 15+ Agapeta zoegana 10+ Agonopterix arenella 2 Agonopterix pallorella 1 Anania crocealis 1 Aphomia sociella 1 Bryotropha terrella 4 Caloptilia alchimiella robustella 1 Celypha lacunana 10+ Chrysoteuchia culmella 10+ Cnephasia sp 10 Cochylimorpha straminea 20+ Coleophora deauratella 2 Crassa unitella 3 Cydia fagiglandana 2 Cydia splendana 1 Dioryctria abietella 1 Elachista Aphomia canapennella 1 Elachista apicipunctella 2 Endothenia gentianaeana marginea 3 Epiblema costipunctana 1 Ethmia dodecea 1 [NEW!] Eucosma cana 2 Eucosma conterminana 1 Eudonia lacustrata 2 Eudonia pallida 5 Eulamprotes unicolorella 4 Eupoecilia angustana 10 Hedya nubiferana 5 Hedya pruniana 3 Hypochalcia ahenella 2 Lathronympha strigana 1 Lozotaeniodes formosana 1 Luquetia lobella 1 Metzneria metneriella 15+ Mompha ochraceella 5 Nemapogon cloacella 2 Nematopogon swammerdamella 2 Notocelia trimaculana 10+ Notocelia uddmanniana 2 Pammene aurana 1 Pandemis cerasana 2 Paraswammerdamia albicapitella 2 Paratalanta hyalinalis 2 Phtheochroa sodaliana 2 Plutella xylostella 2 Prays fraxinella 1 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 3 Pterophorus pentadactyla 15+ Scoparia ambigualis 10 Scoparia pyralella 5 Scythropia crataegella 1 Sitochroa verticalis 1 Tinea trinotella 1 Udea olivalis 3
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Yes it has taken this long to sort the Micro's out...still there are species to confirm but we are 98% there now and with 164 species I now provide a list of the Micro Moth's we caught during our 5 night stay at Las Descargues. Some really unusual moths, some commonly found in our Country and others considered as rare or possible migrants. Again species in red are completely new to me (And there were a few!) Acleris forsskaleana Acleris notana Acleris sparsana Acleris variegana Acompsia cinerella Acompsia tripunctella Acrobasis marmorea Acrobasis sodalella Acrobasis suavella Adaina microdactyla Adela australis Adela croesella Aethes rutilana Agapeta zoegana Agonopterix arenella Agonopterix assimilella Agonopterix kaekeritziana Agrotera nemoralis Aleimma loeflingiana Alucita hexadactyla Anacampsis timidella Anania crocealis Anania hortulata Anania verbascalis Anarsia spartiella Ancylis achatana Ancylis obtusana Aphelia paleana Aphomia sociella Archips crataegana Archips oporana Archips podana Archips rosana Archips xylosteana Argolamprotes micella Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia conjugella Argyresthia pruniella Batia lambdella Batia lunaris Bijugis bombycella Blastobasis glandulella Brachmia blandella Bryotropha affinis Bryotropha domestica Carcina quercana Catoptria falsella Catoptria permutatellus Catoptria verellus Celypha aurofasciana Celypha cespitana Celypha lacunana Celypha striana Chrysocrambus craterella Chrysocrambus linetella Chrysoteuchia culmella Clepsis consimilana Clepsis rurinana Cnephasia sp Coleoptera mayrella Crambus lathoniellus Crambus pascuella Crassa unitella Cydalima perspectalis Cydia fagiglandana Cydia pomonella Cydia splendana Delplanqueia dilutella Depressaria pulcherrimella Dialectia scalariella Diasemia reticularis Dichomeris alacella Dichomeris derasella Dichomeris marginella Dichrorampha petiverella Digitivalva pulicariae Dioryctria abietella Dioryctria sylvestrella Ditula angustiorana Dolicharthria punctalis Elegia similella Elophila nymphaeata Emmetia marginea Endotricha flammealis Epagoge grotiana Ephestia sp Epiblema uddmanniana Epinotia tenerana Eudonia delunella Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia mercurella Euzophora pinguis Gelechia muscosella Glyphipterix thrasonella Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Harpella forficella Hedya nubiferana Hedya ochroleucana Hofmannophila pseudospretella Hypochalcia ahenella Hypsopygia costalis Hypsopygia glaucinalis Infurcitinea atrifasciella Khorassania compositella Lathronympha strigana Lozotaenia forsterana Lozotaeniodes formosana Mecyna asinalis Metalampra italica Micropterix aglaella Micropterix aruncella Micropterix schaefferi Monopis obviella Morophaga choragella Myelois circumvoluta Nemapogon clematella Oegoconia sp Oncocera semirubella Opostega salaciella Ostrinia nubilalis Pammene fasciana Pandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Parachronistis albiceps Parahyponomeuta egregiella Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Paratalanta hyalinalis Pediasia contaminella Pelochrista caecimaculana Pempelia formosa Pempelia palumbella Phycita roborella Phycitodes binaevella Pleuroptya ruralis Pleurota pyropella Plutella xylostella Prays fraxinella Pseudotelphusa scalella Ptycholomoides aeriferanus Pyrausta aurata Pyrausta cingulata Pyrausta despicta Pyrausta purpuralis Sciota rhenella Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis Scoparia pyralella Scythris scopolella Scythropia crataegella Spilonota ocellana Syncopacma sp Teleiodes luculella Thisanotia chrysonuchella Tinea pellionella Tinea trinotella Tortrix viridana Triaxomera parasitella Udea ferrugalis Yponomeuta evonymella Yponomeuta irrorella Yponomeuta sedella Ypsolopha parenthesella Zeiraphera isertana
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Yes it has taken this long to sort the Micro's out...still there are species to confirm but we are 98% there now and with 164 species I now provide a list of the Micro Moth's we caught during our 5 night stay at Las Descargues. Some really unusual moths, some commonly found in our Country and others considered as rare or possible migrants. Again species in red are completely new to me (And there were a few!) Acleris forsskaleana Acleris notana Acleris sparsana Acleris variegana Acompsia cinerella Acompsia tripunctella Acrobasis marmorea Acrobasis sodalella Acrobasis suavella Adaina microdactyla Adela australis Adela croesella Aethes rutilana Agapeta zoegana Agonopterix arenella Agonopterix assimilella Agonopterix kaekeritziana Agrotera nemoralis Aleimma loeflingiana Alucita hexadactyla Anacampsis timidella Anania crocealis Anania hortulata Anania verbascalis Anarsia spartiella Ancylis achatana Ancylis obtusana Aphelia paleana Aphomia sociella Archips crataegana Archips oporana Archips podana Archips rosana Archips xylosteana Argolamprotes micella Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia conjugella Argyresthia pruniella Batia lambdella Batia lunaris Bijugis bombycella Blastobasis glandulella Brachmia blandella Bryotropha affinis Bryotropha domestica Carcina quercana Catoptria falsella Catoptria permutatellus Catoptria verellus Celypha aurofasciana Celypha cespitana Celypha lacunana Celypha striana Chrysocrambus craterella Chrysocrambus linetella Chrysoteuchia culmella Clepsis consimilana Clepsis rurinana Cnephasia sp Coleoptera mayrella Crambus lathoniellus Crambus pascuella Crassa unitella Cydalima perspectalis Cydia fagiglandana Cydia pomonella Cydia splendana Delplanqueia dilutella Depressaria pulcherrimella Dialectia scalariella Diasemia reticularis Dichomeris alacella Dichomeris derasella Dichomeris marginella Dichrorampha petiverella Digitivalva pulicariae Dioryctria abietella Dioryctria sylvestrella Ditula angustiorana Dolicharthria punctalis Elegia similella Elophila nymphaeata Emmetia marginea Endotricha flammealis Epagoge grotiana Ephestia sp Epiblema uddmanniana Epinotia tenerana Eudonia delunella Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia mercurella Euzophora pinguis Gelechia muscosella Glyphipterix thrasonella Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Harpella forficella Hedya nubiferana Hedya ochroleucana Hofmannophila pseudospretella Hypochalcia ahenella Hypsopygia costalis Hypsopygia glaucinalis Infurcitinea atrifasciella Khorassania compositella Lathronympha strigana Lozotaenia forsterana Lozotaeniodes formosana Mecyna asinalis Metalampra italica Micropterix aglaella Micropterix aruncella Micropterix schaefferi Monopis obviella Morophaga choragella Myelois circumvoluta Nemapogon clematella Oegoconia sp Oncocera semirubella Opostega salaciella Ostrinia nubilalis Pammene fasciana Pandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Parachronistis albiceps Parahyponomeuta egregiella Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Paratalanta hyalinalis Pediasia contaminella Pelochrista caecimaculana Pempelia formosa Pempelia palumbella Phycita roborella Phycitodes binaevella Pleuroptya ruralis Pleurota pyropella Plutella xylostella Prays fraxinella Pseudotelphusa scalella Ptycholomoides aeriferanus Pyrausta aurata Pyrausta cingulata Pyrausta despicta Pyrausta purpuralis Sciota rhenella Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis Scoparia pyralella Scythris scopolella Scythropia crataegella Spilonota ocellana Syncopacma sp Teleiodes luculella Thisanotia chrysonuchella Tinea pellionella Tinea trinotella Tortrix viridana Triaxomera parasitella Udea ferrugalis Yponomeuta evonymella Yponomeuta irrorella Yponomeuta sedella Ypsolopha parenthesella Zeiraphera isertana
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Trip to Las Descargues 8th August - 18th August - Micro Moths Here is the second post containing all (or nearly all) of the Micro Moth species that I recorded on my 10 night stay to Las Descargues. The smaller moths were quite thin on the ground most nights and with lots of bigger bulkier moths crashing around in the traps it made it harder to actually pot them up and a few escaped at times! I still have a few for identification as always but so far the Micro Moth species list stands at 102 species. Species highlighted in red are completely new to me. All of the Macro and the Micro Moth species that I took photos of can now be viewed on my flickr page HERE Acleris variegana Acompsia cinerella Acompsia tripunctella Acrobasis advenella Acrobasis glaucella Acrobasis tumidana Adaina microdactyla Agapeta hamana Agapeta zoegana Agonopterix yeatiana Agriphila inquinatella Agriphila straminella Agriphila tristella Agrotera nemoralis Amblyptilia acanthdactyla Anania verbascalis Ancylolomia sp Antigastra catalaunalis Argyresthia bonnetella Argyresthia semitestacella Aroga velocalla Bactra lancealana Batia lambdella Batia lunaris Blastobasis glandulella Borkhausenia fuscescens Bryotropha basaltinella Bryotropha terrella Caloptilia alchimiella/robustella Caloptilia stigmatella Calybites phasianipennella Carcina quercana Carpatolechia decorella Catoptria falsella Catoptria pinella Celypha lacunana Celypha rivulana Celypha striana Chrysoteuchia culmella Clepsis rurinana Coleophora sp Coptotriche marginea Cosmiotes freyrella Crambus pascuella Cydalima perspectalis Cydia amplana Cynaeda dentalis Depressaria pulcherrimella Dialectica scalariella Dichomeris limosellus Dioryctria abietella Ectoedemia heringella Elachista canapennella Emmelina monodactyla Endothenia oblongana Endotricha flammealis Ephestia elutella Epinotia ramella Ethmia quadrillella Etiella zinckenella Eucosma conterminana Eudemis profundana Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia mercurella Euzophera pinguis Evergestis forficalis Homaloxestis briantiella Homoeosoma sinuella Khorassania compositella Lobesia botrana Metalampra italica Metendothenia atropunctana Monopis laevigella Monopis obviella Niphonympha dealbatella Nomophila noctuella Notocelia uddmanniana Oegoconia sp Oncocera semirubella Ostrinia nubilalis Oxyptilus ericetorum Palpita vitrealis Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Parornix sp Pediasia contaminella Phycitodes albatella Phycitodes binnaevella Phyllonorycter coryli Phyllonorycter harrisella Plutella xylostella Pyralis farinalis Pyrausta despicata Pyrausta purpuralis Pyroderces argyrogrammos Scrobipalpa acuminatella Scythropia crataegella Sitochroa palealis Stomopteryx detersella Synaphe punctalis Syncopacma ochrofasciella Syncopacma sangiella Udea ferrugalis
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Yes it has taken this long to sort the Micro's out...still there are species to confirm but we are 98% there now and with 164 species I now provide a list of the Micro Moth's we caught during our 5 night stay at Las Descargues. Some really unusual moths, some commonly found in our Country and others considered as rare or possible migrants. Again species in red are completely new to me (And there were a few!) Acleris forsskaleana Acleris notana Acleris sparsana Acleris variegana Acompsia cinerella Acompsia tripunctella Acrobasis marmorea Acrobasis sodalella Acrobasis suavella Adaina microdactyla Adela australis Adela croesella Aethes rutilana Agapeta zoegana Agonopterix arenella Agonopterix assimilella Agonopterix kaekeritziana Agrotera nemoralis Aleimma loeflingiana Alucita hexadactyla Anacampsis timidella Anania crocealis Anania hortulata Anania verbascalis Anarsia spartiella Ancylis achatana Ancylis obtusana Aphelia paleana Aphomia sociella Archips crataegana Archips oporana Archips podana Archips rosana Archips xylosteana Argolamprotes micella Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia conjugella Argyresthia pruniella Batia lambdella Batia lunaris Bijugis bombycella Blastobasis glandulella Brachmia blandella Bryotropha affinis Bryotropha domestica Carcina quercana Catoptria falsella Catoptria permutatellus Catoptria verellus Celypha aurofasciana Celypha cespitana Celypha lacunana Celypha striana Chrysocrambus craterella Chrysocrambus linetella Chrysoteuchia culmella Clepsis consimilana Clepsis rurinana Cnephasia sp Coleoptera mayrella Crambus lathoniellus Crambus pascuella Crassa unitella Cydalima perspectalis Cydia fagiglandana Cydia pomonella Cydia splendana Delplanqueia dilutella Depressaria pulcherrimella Dialectia scalariella Diasemia reticularis Dichomeris alacella Dichomeris derasella Dichomeris marginella Dichrorampha petiverella Digitivalva pulicariae Dioryctria abietella Dioryctria sylvestrella Ditula angustiorana Dolicharthria punctalis Elegia similella Elophila nymphaeata Emmetia marginea Endotricha flammealis Epagoge grotiana Ephestia sp Epiblema uddmanniana Epinotia tenerana Eudonia delunella Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia mercurella Euzophora pinguis Gelechia muscosella Glyphipterix thrasonella Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Harpella forficella Hedya nubiferana Hedya ochroleucana Hofmannophila pseudospretella Hypochalcia ahenella Hypsopygia costalis Hypsopygia glaucinalis Infurcitinea atrifasciella Khorassania compositella Lathronympha strigana Lozotaenia forsterana Lozotaeniodes formosana Mecyna asinalis Metalampra italica Micropterix aglaella Micropterix aruncella Micropterix schaefferi Monopis obviella Morophaga choragella Myelois circumvoluta Nemapogon clematella Oegoconia sp Oncocera semirubella Opostega salaciella Ostrinia nubilalis Pammene fasciana Pandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Parachronistis albiceps Parahyponomeuta egregiella Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Paratalanta hyalinalis Pediasia contaminella Pelochrista caecimaculana Pempelia formosa Pempelia palumbella Phycita roborella Phycitodes binaevella Pleuroptya ruralis Pleurota pyropella Plutella xylostella Prays fraxinella Pseudotelphusa scalella Ptycholomoides aeriferanus Pyrausta aurata Pyrausta cingulata Pyrausta despicta Pyrausta purpuralis Sciota rhenella Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis Scoparia pyralella Scythris scopolella Scythropia crataegella Spilonota ocellana Syncopacma sp Teleiodes luculella Thisanotia chrysonuchella Tinea pellionella Tinea trinotella Tortrix viridana Triaxomera parasitella Udea ferrugalis Yponomeuta evonymella Yponomeuta irrorella Yponomeuta sedella Ypsolopha parenthesella Zeiraphera isertana
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Yes it has taken this long to sort the Micro's out...still there are species to confirm but we are 98% there now and with 164 species I now provide a list of the Micro Moth's we caught during our 5 night stay at Las Descargues. Some really unusual moths, some commonly found in our Country and others considered as rare or possible migrants. Again species in red are completely new to me (And there were a few!) Acleris forsskaleana Acleris notana Acleris sparsana Acleris variegana Acompsia cinerella Acompsia tripunctella Acrobasis marmorea Acrobasis sodalella Acrobasis suavella Adaina microdactyla Adela australis Adela croesella Aethes rutilana Agapeta zoegana Agonopterix arenella Agonopterix assimilella Agonopterix kaekeritziana Agrotera nemoralis Aleimma loeflingiana Alucita hexadactyla Anacampsis timidella Anania crocealis Anania hortulata Anania verbascalis Anarsia spartiella Ancylis achatana Ancylis obtusana Aphelia paleana Aphomia sociella Archips crataegana Archips oporana Archips podana Archips rosana Archips xylosteana Argolamprotes micella Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia conjugella Argyresthia pruniella Batia lambdella Batia lunaris Bijugis bombycella Blastobasis glandulella Brachmia blandella Bryotropha affinis Bryotropha domestica Carcina quercana Catoptria falsella Catoptria permutatellus Catoptria verellus Celypha aurofasciana Celypha cespitana Celypha lacunana Celypha striana Chrysocrambus craterella Chrysocrambus linetella Chrysoteuchia culmella Clepsis consimilana Clepsis rurinana Cnephasia sp Coleoptera mayrella Crambus lathoniellus Crambus pascuella Crassa unitella Cydalima perspectalis Cydia fagiglandana Cydia pomonella Cydia splendana Delplanqueia dilutella Depressaria pulcherrimella Dialectia scalariella Diasemia reticularis Dichomeris alacella Dichomeris derasella Dichomeris marginella Dichrorampha petiverella Digitivalva pulicariae Dioryctria abietella Dioryctria sylvestrella Ditula angustiorana Dolicharthria punctalis Elegia similella Elophila nymphaeata Emmetia marginea Endotricha flammealis Epagoge grotiana Ephestia sp Epiblema uddmanniana Epinotia tenerana Eudonia delunella Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia mercurella Euzophora pinguis Gelechia muscosella Glyphipterix thrasonella Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Harpella forficella Hedya nubiferana Hedya ochroleucana Hofmannophila pseudospretella Hypochalcia ahenella Hypsopygia costalis Hypsopygia glaucinalis Infurcitinea atrifasciella Khorassania compositella Lathronympha strigana Lozotaenia forsterana Lozotaeniodes formosana Mecyna asinalis Metalampra italica Micropterix aglaella Micropterix aruncella Micropterix schaefferi Monopis obviella Morophaga choragella Myelois circumvoluta Nemapogon clematella Oegoconia sp Oncocera semirubella Opostega salaciella Ostrinia nubilalis Pammene fasciana Pandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Parachronistis albiceps Parahyponomeuta egregiella Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Paratalanta hyalinalis Pediasia contaminella Pelochrista caecimaculana Pempelia formosa Pempelia palumbella Phycita roborella Phycitodes binaevella Pleuroptya ruralis Pleurota pyropella Plutella xylostella Prays fraxinella Pseudotelphusa scalella Ptycholomoides aeriferanus Pyrausta aurata Pyrausta cingulata Pyrausta despicta Pyrausta purpuralis Sciota rhenella Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis Scoparia pyralella Scythris scopolella Scythropia crataegella Spilonota ocellana Syncopacma sp Teleiodes luculella Thisanotia chrysonuchella Tinea pellionella Tinea trinotella Tortrix viridana Triaxomera parasitella Udea ferrugalis Yponomeuta evonymella Yponomeuta irrorella Yponomeuta sedella Ypsolopha parenthesella Zeiraphera isertana
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A BIG deep breath. A record-breaking night in Bedfordshire I joined Matt and Lionel at Home Wood on Monday night in Bedfordshire. The day had been absolutely scorching and hit nearly 30 degrees during the day and the night was meant to go no lower than 19/20 degrees, perfect muggy weather for moths despite clear skies we had absolutely no wind at all and no moon to contend with. We setup 5 traps and a light and sheet under sweaty conditions, it was hot stuff indeed and once again I attracted Horse-flies! As soon as it got dark, moths were absolutely everywhere with micros at first in their hundreds and then the Geometers started coming in and finally the Noctuids and boy was there action around the lights. I've been out before and had trouble with lots of midges and flies but never have I had as much trouble from inhaling moths as well. The species kept tallying up and it was hard to keep up. We got to 100 species about 2 hours in and then from midnight it was about 1 or 2 a minute being jotted down. Highlights were massively over-whelming with two County first species to start with....Rosy Marbled and Elegia similella. Copied from Andy Banthorpe's email. Gen Dets of species retained so far. Carpatolechia fugitivella m & f – been recorded there before Carpatolechia notatella f – 3rd county record Neofaculta ericetella m confirmed Dioryctria abietella f Satyr Pug f 18th county record, only third since 1996 Teleiodes vulgella f (worn dark grey) Caloptilia alchimiella m Nemapogon cloacella m Nemapogon ruricolella m – 4th county record Coleophore kuehnella m (the white one) Other Macro highlights were Cream-bordered Green Pea, 10+ Scarlet Tiger's, 5x Marbled Brown and Mere Wainscot. In total for the time being we recorded 140 species of Macro and 148 species of micro, eclipsing my highest ever previous species of 252 with a grand total of 288 species!! We finally finished packing up (which took over 2 hours) at 4am as it was getting light. Thanks guys for the help you gave me and adding to the list as we went through the night. Catch Report - 19/06/17 - Home Wood - SE Bedfordshire - 7 traps in total - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap 1x 40w Actinic + 15w LED Trap 1x 80w Actinic Trap 140 Macros & 148 Micros 288 species Macro Moths Barred Red Barred Straw Barred yellow Beautiful Golden-Y Beautiful Hook-tip Blackneck Blood-vein Blotched Emerald Blue-bordered Carpet Bordered white Bright-line Brown-eye Brimstone Brindled White-spot Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Brown Rustic Brown Scallop Brown Silver-line Brown-line Bright-eye Buff Arches Buff Ermine Buff Footman Buff Tip Burnished Brass Clouded Border Clouded Brindle Clouded Silver Clouded-bordered Brindle Common Emerald Common Footman Common Marbled Carpet Common Pug Common Swift Common Wainscot Common wave Common White Wave Coronet Coxcomb Prominent Cream-bordered Green Pea Dark Arches Dingy Shears Dingy Shell Dotted Fan-foot Double Square-spot Double-striped Pug Drinker Dun-bar Elephant Hawk-moth Engrailed Fan-foot Fern Figure of eEghty Flame Flame Carpet Flame Shoulder Foxglove Pug Garden Carpet Ghost Moth Gold Swift Green Carpet Green Pug Green silver-lines Grey Pine Carpet Grey Pug Haworths Pug Heart & Club Heart & Dart July Highflyer Large Emerald Large Nutmeg Large Twin-spot Carpet Large Yellow Underwing Leopard Moth Light Arches Light Emerald Lime Hawk-moth Lunar-spotted Pinion Maiden's Blush Maple Prominent Map-winged Swift Marbled Brown [NEW!] Marbled Minor Marbled White-spot May Highflyer Mere Wainscot Middle-barred minor Miller Minor Shoulder-knot Mottled Beauty Mottled Pug Mottled Rustic Oak Nycteoline Obscure Wainscot Orange Footman Pale Oak Beauty Pale Prominent Pale Tussock Peach Blossom Peppered Moth Pinion-streaked Snout Poplar Grey Pretty Chalk Carpet Privet Hawk-moth Red-necked footman Riband Wave Rosy Marbled Ruddy Carpet Satin Beauty Satyr Pug Scalloped oak Scarce Footman Scarlet Tiger Scorched Carpet Scorched Wing Setaceous Hebrew Character Shaded pug Short-cloaked Moth Silver-ground Carpet Small Dotted Buff Small Dusty Wave Small Emerald Small Fan-foot Small Fan-footed Wave Small Rufous Small Yellow Wave Smoky Wainscot Snout Spruce Carpet Straw Dot Swallow-tailed Moth Tawny Marbled Minor Tawny-barred Angle Treble Brown Spot Treble Lines Turnip Moth Uncertain Vapourer V-Pug Willow Beauty Yellow Shell Yellow-tail Micro Moths Acentria ephemerella Acleris hastiana Acleris holmiana Acleris kochiella Acompsia cinerella Acrobasis repandana Agapeta hamana Agapeta zoegana Aleimma loeflingiana Anania coronata Anania hortulata Anania lancealis Anarsia innoxiella Ancylis achatana Anthophila fabriciana Aphomia sociella Archips crataegana Archips podana Archips rosana Archips xylosteana Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia bonnetella Argyresthia curvella Argyresthia glaucinella [NEW!] Argyresthia spinosella Batia lunaris Blastobasis lacticolella Blastodacna hellerella Bucculatrix cidarella [NEW!] Caloptilia alchimiella Caloptilia stigmatella Caloptilia syringella Carcina quercana Carpatolechia fugitivella Carpatolechia notatella [NEW!] Cedestis gysseleniella Celypha lacunana Celypha striana Chilo phragmitella Chrysoteuchia culmella Clepsis consimilana Cnephasia sp Cochylis atricapitana Cochylis hybridella Coleophora albidella [NEW!] Coleophora deauratella Coleophora kuehnella [NEW!] Coptotriche marginea Cosmopterix zieglerella [NEW!] Crambus lathoniellus Crambus pascuella Crambus perlella Crassa unitella Dioryctia abietella Ditula angustiorana Donacaula forficella Elachista bisulcella ? [NEW!] Elegia similella Elophila nymphaeata Endothenia gentianaeana/marginea Endothenia nigricostana Endotricha flammealis Epagoge grotiana Epermenia chaerophyllella Ephestia sp Epiblema foenella Epinotia abbreviana Epinotia signatana Epinotia subocellana Epinotia tedella Ethmia dodecea Eucosma cana Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia pallida Eupoecilia angustana Euzophera pinguis Exoteleia dodecella Gelechia sororculella [NEW!] Glyphipterix simpliciella Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Hedya nubiferana Hedya pruniana Hedya salicella Hofmannophila pseudospretella Homoeosoma sinuella Hypsopygia costalis Incurvaria oehlmanniella Lathronympha strigana Lozotaeniodes formosana Metzneria metzneriella Mompha ochraceella Mompha propinquella Morophaga choragella Myelois circumvoluta Nemapogon cloacella Nemapogon ruricolella [NEW!] Nemophora degeerella Neofaculta ericetella Nephopterix angustella Notocelia trimaculana Notocelia uddmanniana Oegoconia sp Olindia schumacherana Pammene fasciana Pammene regiana Pandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana Parachronistis albiceps Parapoynx stratiotata Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Paraswammerdamia nebulella Parornix sp Phtheochroa rugosana Phycita roborella Phycitodes binaevella Piniphila bifasciana Pleuroptya ruralis Prays fraxinella Pseudargyrotoza conwagana Pterophorus pentadactyla Ptycholoma lecheana Rhopobota naevana Rhyacionia buoliana Rhyacionia pinicolana Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis Scoparia pyralella Scrobipalpa costella Scythropia crataegella Sorhagenia sp ? Spatalistis bifasciana Spilonota ocellana Syncopacma sp Teleiodes luculella Teleiodes vulgella Tinea semifulvella Tinea trinotella Tischeria ekebladella Tortrix viridana Triaxomera parasitella Udea olivalis Udea prunalis Yponomeuta evonymella Ypsolopha parenthesella Ypsolopha sequella Ypsolopha ustella Zeiraphera isertana