Monday 13 July 2015

An early morning at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - July 10, 2015

I put the trap out last night and succeeded in trapping and identifying 169 moths of forty-eight species of which six were new for the year.


The following were recorded: Ermine Species [1]; Bird-cherry Ermine [2]; Hawthorn Moth [1]; Teleiodes vulgella [1]; Light Brown Apple Moth [2]; Lozotaeniodes formosana [1]; Marbled Orchard Tortrix [1]; Celypha striana [3]; Celypha lacunana [2]; Ancylis achatana [2]; Gold Triangle [1]; Endorticha flammealis [1]; Anania coronate [1]; Small Magpie [2]; Eudonia mercurella [1]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [4]; Crambus pascuella [7]; Crambus perlella [5]; Privet Hawkmoth [1]; Elephant Hawkmoth [3]; Riband Wave [2]; Green Pug [1]; Clouded Border [1]; Swallow-tailed Moth [1]; Willow Beauty [6]; Buff-tip [1]; The Snout [1]; Buff Ermine [1]; Cinnabar [1]; Common Footman [10]; Silver Y [2]; The Miller [1]; Marbled Beauty [2]; The Uncertain [17]; The Rustic [2]; Brown Rustic [1]; Large Nutmeg [1]; Dark Arches [16]; Marbled Minor species [2]; Bright-line Brown-eye [1]; Dot Moth [1]; Cabbage Moth [1]; Varied Coronet [1]; Heart and Dart [9]; The Flame [2]; Large Yellow Underwing [1]; Double Square-spot [1] and Short-cloaked Moth [2].


Hawthron Moth


Teleiodes vulgella


Gold Triangle


Endorticha flammealis


Cabbage Moth


Short-cloaked Moth

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