Friday 24 July 2015

An early morning at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - July 22, 2015

A good night last night with 276 moths trapped and identified, covering fifty species of which six were new for the year with one being a lifer, Epiblema foenella.


The following were recorded: Ermine species [2]; Bird-cherry Ermine [3]; Crassa unitella [1]; Carcina quercana [1]; Blastobasis adustella [5]; Twenty-plume Moth [1]; Cnephasia sp. [1]; Celypha striana [1]; Eucosma cana [1]; Epiblema foenella [1]; Dichrorampha vancouverana [1]; Leopard Moth [1]; Rhodophaea Formosa [1]; Small Magpie [1]; Eudonia mercurella [2]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [94]; Crambus pascuella [4]; Crambus perlella [1]; Agriphila tristella [2]; Agriphila straminella [1]; Elephant Hawkmoth [2]; Single-dotted Wave [1]; Riband Wave [6]; Brimstone Moth [1]; Swallow-tailed Moth [1]; Willow Beauty [1]; Buff-tip [1]; White Satin Moth [1]; Common Footman [2]; Silver Y [12]; The Miller [1]; Marbled Beauty [3]; The Uncertain [10]; The Rustic [1]; Small Dotted Buff [1]; Dark Arches [23]; Light Arches [1]; Common Rustic Group [31]; Marbled Minor Group [1]; Middle-barred Minor [2]; Bright-line Brown-eye [6]; Dot Moth [2]; Cabbage Moth [1]; Smoky Wainscot [3]; The Clay [4]; Heart and Dart [7]; The Flame [2]; Large Yellow Underwing [14]; Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [1] and Lesser Yellow Underwing [9].


Eucosma cana


Epiblema foenella


Epiblema foenella


Dichrorampha vancouverana


Single-dotted Wave


Small Dotted Buff

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