Sunday 16 August 2015

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

An excellent night last night with 319 moths trapped and identified covering fifty-five species with twelve new for the year.


The following were recorded: Orange Swift [1]; Ermine species [2]; Apple Leaf Miner [1]; Brown House Moth [1]; Lesser Tawny Tubic [1]; Long-horned Flat-body [1]; Furness Dowd [12]; Red-barred Tortrix [9]; Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix [1]; Light Brown Apple Moth [10]; Cnephasia sp. [1]; Dark-triangle Button [1]; Common Yellow Conch  [1]; Beautiful Knot-horn [1]; Small Purple & Gold [1]; Mother of Pearl [6]; Small Grey [1]; Garden Grass-veneer [37]; Inlaid Grass-veneer [1]; Common Grass-veneer [40]; Straw Grass-veneer [18]; Elbow-stripe [3]; Chinese Character [1]; Poplar Hawkmoth [1]; Riband Wave [9]; Yellow Shell [1]; Common Carpet [1]; Green Carpet [1]; Foxglove Pug [1]; Lime-speck Pug [1]; Canary-shouldered Thorn [1]; Dusky Thorn [1]; Willow Beauty [4]; Iron Prominent [1]; Pale Prominent [1]; Yellow-tail [1]; Ruby Tiger [4]; Dingy Footman [2]; Silver Y [2]; Gold Spot [1]; Mouse Moth [1]; Marbled Beauty [5]; The Uncertain [2]; Large Nutmeg [1]; Dark Arches [6]; Common Rustic group [6]; Cloaked Minor [3]; Dun-bar [2]; The Clay [3]; Heart and Dart [2]; Shuttle-shaped Dart [2]; Large Yellow Underwing [38]; Lesser Yellow Underwing [30]; Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [7] and Six-striped Rustic [1].


Orange Swift


Apple Leaf Miner


Lesser Tawny Tubic


Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix


Dark Triangle Button


Small Purple and Gold


Canary-shouldered Thorn


Iron Prominent


Pale Prominent


Six-stripped Rustic


Mouse Moth


Dun-bar


Gold Spot

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