Friday, June 27, 2014

Pug Sp. 26/06

This looks a little different to me both in size and shape. At first glance looks like a Common Pug, but rests with tail heavily curved up. At 24mm wingspan, it's a bit of a brute in Pug terms. What do you think?
I found this page on British Lepidoptera, the detail on the tornus area of the hind wing is diagnostic.

Plain Pug
...........NFG, 26th June 2014. Macro #350 for the garden.

Monday, June 23, 2014

NFG's bring up 300......

Hectic to say the least of late and as usual, miles behind with my records. Big totals and the World Cup have been to blame as I try to cram in every game. But all that said, 300 species are now in the bag- constituting 111 Micros and 189 Macros.
New moths are getting harder to find these days as my lists begin to stagnate. But two new macros, the first this year have revitalised my interest...........

Small Angle Shades
I've been waiting for this a very long time after a suspected one evaded my pot on a humid night back in 2010. NFG 20th June.

Marbled Coronet
 ........and I haven't even had Varied Coronet this year.............

Other notables have included Small Seraphim, Red-necked Footman, Round-winged Muslin and what looks like a ridiculously early Square-spot Rustic caught on 21st June!

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Monster!, Monster!

The 13th June was a special night with 27 species new for year. A list of 100 species is a very good total by any stretch of the imagination. But this is the first time I've done it with just one trap. Also included was Bucculatrix cristatella (no 101) which was found during the day as a mine on Yarrow. To cap it off, I even recorded a new moth for the garden in the shape of this, otherwise known as a Yarrow Plume.

1504 Platyptilia pallidactyla

Upper Caldecote Garden- Twin 20w Synergetic Skinner- 266 of 101 species 13-06-2014

  Cnephasia species (Cnephasia sp.)  1
0265  Bucculatrix cristatella  1 Mine on Yarrow NFY
0449  Ash Bud Moth (Prays fraxinella)  1 NFY
0647  Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)  1
0719  Ethmia quadrillella  1 NFY
0905  Blastodacna hellerella  1 NFY
0925  Phtheochroa rugosana  1
0937  Agapeta hamana  1 NFY
0965  Cochylis hybridella  1
0977  Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana)  1 NFY
0985  Carnation Tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana)  1
0994  Clepsis consimilana  2
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  2
1001  Lozotaeniodes formosanus  1 NFY
1010  Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana)  1
1011  Pseudargyrotoza conwagana  2
1032  Aleimma loeflingiana  1 NFY
1033  Green Oak Tortrix (Tortrix viridana)  1 NFY
1063  Celypha striana  1
1083  Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana)  1
1176  Epiblema trimaculana  1
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  1 NFY
1294  Crambus pascuella  2 NFY
1301  Crambus lathoniellus  3
1302  Crambus perlella  3 NFY
1329  Donacaula forficella  1 NFY
1333  Scoparia pyralella  1
1334  Scoparia ambigualis  2
1338  Dipleurina lacustrata  2 NFY
1344  Eudonia mercurella  2
1345  Brown China-mark (Elophila nymphaeata)  1 NFY
1361  Pyrausta aurata  1
1390  Udea prunalis  1
1392  Udea olivalis  1
1413  Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis)  2 NFY
1415  Orthopygia glaucinalis  1
1428  Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)  4
1436  Conobathra repandana  1 NFY
1452  Phycita roborella  1 NFY
1470  Euzophera pinguis  1 NFY
1474  Ephestia parasitella  4
1481  Homoeosoma sinuella  1
1504  Platyptilia pallidactyla  1 NFG
1669  Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)  1 NFY
1682  Blood-vein (Timandra comae)  1
1690  Small Blood-vein (Scopula imitaria)  1 NFY
1711  Treble Brown Spot (Idaea trigeminata)  1
1713  Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)  3
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  1
1817  Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata)  3
1819  Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)  1
1825  Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)  2
1827  Freyer's Pug (Eupithecia intricata)  3
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  5
1837  Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata)  5
1860  Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)  4
1862  Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)  1
1887  Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata)  3
1902  Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata)  1 NFY
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  1
1931  Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)  2
1937  Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)  6
1941  Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata)  2
1954  Bordered White (Bupalus piniaria)  1 NFY
1955  Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria)  1
1956  Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)  1 NFY
1958  Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata)  5
1961  Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata)  1
1979  Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae)  1 NFY
1980  Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata)  1
1991  Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)  1
1994  Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)  2 NFY
2009  Maple Prominent (Ptilodon cucullina)  1
2043  Orange Footman (Eilema sororcula)  1
2050  Common Footman (Eilema lurideola)  7
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  3
2069  Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)  1
2087  Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)  2
2088  Heart and Club (Agrotis clavis)  5
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  30
2092  Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)  1
2098  Flame (Axylia putris)  23
2102  Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)  3
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  6
2126  Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)  5
2128  Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum)  1
2147  Shears (Hada nana)  2
2199  Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)  2
2279  Sycamore (Acronicta aceris)  2
2284x  Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger (Acronicta tridens/psi)  4
2302  Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea)  5
2321  Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  6
2333  Large Nutmeg (Apamea anceps)  2
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  13
2381  Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines)  7
2387  Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus)  4
2418  Cream-bordered Green Pea (Earias clorana)  1
2422  Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana)  1
2441  Silver Y (Autographa gamma)  1
2450  Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)  1
2489  Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis)  4

Friday, June 13, 2014

Scoparia sp.

I always have trouble with this group! Is it even possible to separate Scoparia ambigualis from similar species without a gen det?

1333 Scoparia pyralella 
Thanks for the confirmation all