Wednesday 27 June 2018

An early morning in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - June 25, 2018


There were 156 moths trapped and identified last night covering fifty-seven species, eighteen of which were new for the year and one of which, Oak Nycteoline, was a lifer.

The following were recorded: Caloptilia stigmatella [1]; Paraswammerdamia nebulella [1]; Coleophora Species [1]; Red-barred Tortrix [1]; Timothy Tortrix [1]; Clepsis consimilana [2]; Light Brown Apple Moth [4]; Aleimma loeflingiana [1]; Marbled Orchard Tortrix [1]; Ancylis achatana [3]; Epinotia bilunana [1]; Codling Moth [1]; Bee Moth [1]; Gold Triangle [2]; Anania coronate [1]; Small Magpie [7]; Udea olivalis [1]; Eudonia Lacustrata [5]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [7]; Crambus pascuella [20]; Poplar Hawk-moth [1]; Small Dusty Wave [1]; Single-dotted Wave [1]; Small Fan-footed Wave [1]; Riband Wave [8]; Small Blood Vein [2]; Garden carpet [1]; Barred Yellow [1]; Barred Straw [2]; Common Marble Carpet [1]; Green Pug [3]; Freyer’s Pug [2]; Common Pug [3]; Brimstone Moth [5]; Swallow-tailed Moth [4]; Willow Beauty [4]; The Snout [2]; White Satin Moth [1]; Buff Ermine [1]; Common Footman [8]; The Fan-foot [3]; Dagger species [1]; Marbled Beauty [3]; Mottled Rustic [3]; The Uncertain [4]; The Rustic [1]; Rustic Shoulder-knot [1]; Dark Arches [1]; Middle-barred Minor [1]; Bright-line Brown-eye [1]; Smoky Wainscot [1]; Shoulder-striped Wainscot [1]; Heart and Dart [14]; The Flame [1]; Setaceous Hebrew Character [1]; Short-cloaked Moth [3] and Oak Nycteoline [1].


Caloptilia stigmatella


Paraswammerdamia nebulella


Aleimma loeflingiana


Small Dusty Wave


Small Fan-footed Wave


White Satin Moth


Oak Nycteoline

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