Sunday 27 July 2014

An early morning moth trapping in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - July 20, 2014

It was an excellent night last night with 303 moths trapped and identified covering sixty-five species with nine new for the year that included a lifer.


The following were recorded: Horse-chestnut Leaf Miner [1]; Ermine species [1]; Bird-cherry Ermine [7]; Diamond-back Moth [4]; Coleophora Species [1]; Crassa unitella [1]; Brown House-moth [1]; Blastobasis adustella [14]; Agapeta hamana [1]; Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix [2]; Light Brown Apple Moth [2]; Lozotaeniodes formosana [2]; Cnephasia sp. [2]; Acleris forsskaleana [1]; Garden Rose Tortrix [1]; Celypha striana [1]; Cydia splendana [1]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [45]; Crambus pascuella [2]; Crambus perlella [1]; Catoptria falsella [1]; Eudonia mercurella [1]; Mother of Pearl [9]; Acrobasis advenella [2]; Chinese Character [7]; Buff Arches [1]; Single-dotted Wave [1]; Riband Wave [22]; Red Twin-spot Carpet [1]; Common Carpet [4]; Foxglove Pug [1]; Lime-speck Pug [2]; Wormwood Pug [2]; Clouded Border [1]; Early Thorn [1]; Purple Thorn [1]; Willow Beauty [3]; Poplar Hawkmoth [2]; Elephant Hawkmoth [1]; White Satin Moth [1]; Scarce Footman [1]; Buff Footman [1]; Common Footman [11]; Heart and Dart [6]; Large Yellow Underwing [6]; Lesser Yellow Underwing [5]; Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [1]; Least Yellow Underwing [1]; Double Square-spot [4]; Cabbage Moth [1]; Dot Moth [6]; Bright-line Brown-eye [15]; Clay [1]; Smoky Wainscot [3]; Sycamore [1]; Dagger species [5]; Marbled Beauty [9]; Dark Arches [30]; Common Rustic species [14]; Uncertain [15]; Rustic [2]; Burnished Brass [1]; Silver Y [3]; Herald [1]; and Beautiful Hook-tip [1].


Crassa unitela


Garden Rose Tortrix


Cydia splendana


Red Twin-spot Carpet


Early Thorn


Purple Thorn


Purple Thorn


Purple Thorn


White Satin Moth


Least Yellow Underwing


Dot Moth


Dagger species


Herald

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