Friday 2 August 2013

An early morning in Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire - August 2, 2013


Dave had put the moth trap out again yesterday and trapped 148 moths of forty-eight species.  I had three new species, two micros Apple Ermine and Garden Rose Tortrix and a macro Chocolate-tip.

The following were trapped: Bird Cherry Ermine [1]; Apple Ermine [1]; Honeysuckle Moth 2]; Plutella porecctella [1]; Coleophora sp. [1]; Pandemis heparana [1]; Situla angustiorana [1]; Acleris variegana [2]; Piniphila bifasciana [1]; Hedya nubiferana [1]; Agriphila straminella [4]; Agriphila tristella [2]; Eudonia mercurella [2]; Udea prunalis [2]; Pleurophya ruralis [2]; Acrobasis advenella [1]; Blood-vein [1]; Small Fan-footed Wave [1]; Riband Wave [2]; Common Carpet [3]; Clouded Border [1]; Brimstone Moth [1]; Early Thorn [1]; Willow Beauty [1]; Elephant Hawk-moth [1]; Buff-tip [1]; Chocolate Tip [1]; White Satin Moth [2]; Dingy Footman [4]; Common Footman [9]; Ruby Tiger [2]; Heart and Dart [2]; Large Yellow Underwing [11]; Lesser Yellow Underwing [5]; Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [1]; Lesser Broad-borded Yellow Underwing [9]; Double Square-spot [1]; Nutmeg [1]; Bright-line Brown-eye [1]; Clay [1]; Smoky Wainscot [1]; Marbled Beauty [1]; Dark Arches [31]; Marbled Minor sp. [2]; Common Rustic sp. [4]; Uncertain [1]; Rustic [3] and Silver Y [17].


Honeysuckle Moth


Garden Rose Tortrix


Piniphila bifasciana


Chocolate-tip


Chocolate-tip


Dingy Footman


Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing


Nutmeg

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