Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Another SMW!

This year, my list totals are down considerably from the last two years.
2014- 434 species.
2013- 446 species.
This year, I have puffed and panted to 385. But can catch up a bit when I look for leaf miners.

Small Mottled Willow

What has been exceptional is the number of Small Mottled Willow caught this year. On 17th August I caught my seventh of the year; pretty good for Bedfordshire!
The list below is a combination of some late afternoon sweep netting and the use overnight of a twin 15w Synergetic Skinner. 73 species is pretty decent for August.

Upper Caldecote Garden- 17-08-15- 230 of 73 species.

          Coleophora species (Coleophora sp.)  2
0227  Skin Moth (Monopis laevigella)  1 NFY
0263  Apple Leaf Miner (Lyonetia clerkella)  1
0411  Argyresthia goedartella  1
0418  Apple Fruit Moth (Argyresthia conjugella)  1
0424  Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella)  1
0464  Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella)  1
0647  Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)  1
0695  Agonopterix alstromeriana  1
0787  Bryotropha terrella  1
0936  Cochylimorpha straminea  1 NFY
0969  Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis corylana)  2 NFY
0970  Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana)  1
0974  Argyrotaenia ljungiana  1
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  1
1010  Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana)  1
1038x  Acleris laterana/comariana  1 NFY
1048  Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana)  1
1113  Eudemis profundana  1 NFY
1159  Holly Tortrix (Rhopobota naevana)  2
1207  Pine Leaf-mining Moth (Clavigesta purdeyi)  1 NFY
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  1
1304  Agriphila straminella  4
1305  Agriphila tristella  12
1309  Agriphila geniculea  8
1331  Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella)  20
1344  Eudonia mercurella  1
1361  Pyrausta aurata  2
1405  Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis)  3
1424  Endotricha flammealis  1
1470  Euzophera pinguis  1
1497  Amblyptilia acanthadactyla  1
1524  Emmelina monodactyla  2
1713  Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)  1
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  1
1742  Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)  2
1825  Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)  1
1858  V-Pug (Chloroclystis v-ata)  1
1862  Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)  4
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  6
1914  Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria)  1
1937  Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)  2
1981  Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)  1
2006  Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma)  2
2033  Black Arches (Lymantria monacha)  1 NFY
2044  Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola)  1
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  1
2081  White-line Dart (Euxoa tritici)  1
2087  Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)  14
2092  Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)  13
2102  Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)  4
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  11
2110  Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata)  1
2111  Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe)  10
2123  Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)  1
2126  Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)  11
2134  Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)  5
2145  Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)  2
2154  Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae)  1
2192  Brown-line Bright Eye (Mythimna conigera)  1
2194  White-point (Mythimna albipuncta)  2
2199  Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)  2
2284x  Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger (Acronicta tridens/psi)  1
2293  Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica)  1
2300  Old Lady (Mormo maura)  1 NFY
2303  Straw Underwing (Thalpophila matura)  13
2343x  Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.)  5
2352  Dusky Sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca)  2
2353  Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea)  6
2384  Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua)  14
2385  Small Mottled Willow (Spodoptera exigua)  1
2441  Silver Y (Autographa gamma)  1
2450  Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)  1