Wednesday 28 June 2017

An early morning in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - June 22, 2017

There was a severe weather warnings in place for tonight but the local forecasts suggested there wouldn’t be any rain and so I took a chance and put the trap out.  It turned out to be a good decision as it remained dry and warm and I trapped and identified 209 moths.  There were sixty-two species with nine being new for the year of which two were lifers and another new for the garden.  The lifers were Marasmarcha lunaedactyla (Crescent Plume) and Catoptria pinella and Sandy Carpet was new for the garden.


The following were recorded: Bird-cherry Ermine [1]; Brown House-moth [1]; Marasmarcha lunaedactyla [1]; Red-barred Tortrix [4]; Light Brown Apple Moth [4]; Green Oak Tortrix [1]; Pseudargrotoza conwagana [1]; Agapeta hamana [3]; Marbled Orchard Tortrix [1]; Celypha striana [1]; Celypha lacunana [1]; Notocelia trimaculana [1]; Codling Moth [2]; Bee Moth [1]; Phycitodes binaevella [1]; Gold Triangle [1]; Hypsopygia glaucinalis [1]; Small Magpie [9]; Eudonia mercurella [4]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [6]; Crambus pascuella [14]; Agriphila straminella [10]; Catoptria pinella [1]; Lime Hawkmoth [1]; Privet Hawkmoth [1]; Elephant Hawkmoth [16]; Riband Wave [22]; Barred Yellow [1]; Sandy Carpet [1]; Brimstone Moth [2]; Swallow-tailed Moth [4]; Willow Beauty [3]; Clouded Silver [2]; Common Emerald [3]; Buff-tip [1]; Straw Dot [3]; Buff Ermine [1]; Common Footman [14]; The Fan-foot [4]; Beautiful Hook-tip [1]; The Spectacle [1]; Silver Y [1]; Dagger species [1]; The Sycamore [3]; The Miller [1]; Poplar Grey [1]; The Coronet [10]; Marbled Beauty [3]; The Uncertain [6]; Rustic Shoulder-knot [1]; Dark Arches [3]; Marbled Minor Group [3]; Middle-barred Minor [2]; Bright-line Brown-eye [3]; Common Wainscot [1]; Heart and Dart [6]; The Flame [4]; Flame Shoulder [1]; Large Yellow Underwing [5]; Lesser Yellow Underwing [1]; Square-spot Rustic [1] and Setaceous Hebrew Character [1].


Catoptria pinella


Gold Triangle


Marasmarcha lunaedactyla


Sandy Carpet


Buff-tip


Common Wainscot


Lesser Yellow Underwing


Poplar Grey

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