[0862] Dichomeris marginella

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Roughdown Common - Hemel Hempstead - Field Trip - 17/07/14I was joined by David and Roger to Roughdown Common on a very favourable evening weatherwise.We had hit 33 degrees earlier on and as we arrived at Roughdown to start setting up, it was still a heady 25 degrees at 9pm!We did know of storms that were expected early morning, I thought we would be packed up and long gone before they turned up.As the evening went on it got very breezy indeed and this did hamper the catch somewhat...luckily we were just packing up the last trap at 2am when a flash of lightning caught our attention coming in on a Southerly from London.With traps all packed up it was a brisk walk back to the car...most of the gear was loaded and then the heavens opened.The moths were represented by most species but in relatively low numbers for the time of year.I was very very nice to see so many Dark Umbers, Brown Scallops and Maple Pugs.Highlight of the night was a new micro for us all, Metalampra italica a possible accidental introduction in 2003 is responsible for this and all previous records as it was only known in the past from Italy!Catch Report - 17/07/14 Roughdown Common - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 40w Lucent Suitcase Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.96 Macros and 80 Micros (176 species)Macro Moths1x Beautiful Hook-tip2x Black Arches2x Bright-line Brown-eye4x Brimstone Moth1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing6x Brown Scallop2x Brown-line Bright-eye1x Brown-tail2x Buff Arches4x Buff Footman3x Clay3x Cloaked Minor5x Clouded Border1x Clouded Brindle8x Clouded Silver3x Common Carpet2x Common Emerald5x Common Rustic2x Common White Wave10x Coronet8x Dark Arches10x Dark Umber2x Dingy shears1x Dot Moth4x Double Square-spot 1x Drinker2x Dun-bar1x Dusky Brocade3x Early Thorn2x Elephant Hawk-moth1x Fan-foot 1x Fern1x Flame2x Flame Shoulder 2x Ghost Moth2x Green Pug1x Grey Dagger4x Haworth's Pug1x Heart & Club4x Heart & Dart 4x July Highflyer2x Large Yellow Underwing2x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Light Arches1x Light Emerald 1x Lime-speck Pug2x Maple Prominent10x Maple Pug2x Marbled Minor1x Miller3x Mottled Beauty2x Nut-tree Tussock1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Pale Prominent2x Peach Blossom1x Pebble Prominent3x Peppered Moth1x Phoenix1x Pine Hawk-moth 1x Poplar Grey1x Poplar Hawk-moth3x Pretty Chalk Carpet1x Purple Bar2x Red Twin-spot Carpet5x Riband Wave 4x Ruby Tiger1x Rustic2x Scalloped Oak1x Scarce Footman1x Scarce Silver-lines1x Scorched Carpet2x Shaded Broad-bar2x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Single-dotted Wave1x Six-spot Burnet1x Slender Brindle1x Small Angle Shades2x Small Emerald2x Small Fan-foot10x Small Fan-footed Wave4x Small Rivulet2x Smoky Wainscot2x Snout2x Spectacle5x Swallow-tailed Moth1x Sycamore1x Tawny Marbled Minor1x Tawny Speckled Pug6x Tree-lichen Beauty3x Uncertain1x Vapourer Moth1x White-spotted Pug1x Willow Beauty1x Wormwood Pug1x Yellow ShellMicro Moths1x Metalampra italica [NEW!]6x Blastobasis laticolella2x Blastobasis adustella 5x Pleuroptya ruralis3x Agapeta hamana10+ Agapeta zoegana2x Coleophora sp2x Cydia splendana1x Agonopterix heracliana sp1x Hypatima rhomboidella2x Zeiraphera isertana1x Parornix sp2x Eudemis profundana1x Argyrotaenia ljungiana 1x Eurrhypara hortulata 20+ Chrysoteuchia culmella1x Agonopterix arenella 1x Pandemis cerasana 4x Pandemis heparana1x Pandemis corylana1x Homoeosoma sinuella2x Hofmannophila pseudospretella2x Phycita roborella 2x Celypha lacunana 1x Archips podana 1x Hedya nubiferana 7x Aleimma loeflingiana2x Epinotia demarniana 3x Eudonia mercurella 12x Cnephasia sp 2x Coleophora sp2x Ditula angustiorana 3x Dipleurina lacustrata10+ Eucosma cana3x Batia unitella 5x Acleris forsskaleana2x Argyresthia albistria20+ Eucosma hohenwartiana1x Eucosma obumbratana2x Aspilapteryx tringipennella2x Bucculatrix nigricomella 1x Rhopobota naevana1x Epiblema costipunctana1x Teleiodes vulgella 2x Carcina quercana 1x Pterophorus pentadactyla4x Catoptria falsella1x Oncocera semirubella 2x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 5x Endotricha flammealis1x Stigmella sp3x Ancylis badiana4x Yponomeuta evonymella1x Phlyctaenia coronata2x Limnaecia phragmitella2x Syncopacma sp2x Plutella xylostella1x Gypsonoma dealbana 2x Spilonota ocellana1x Agriphila straminella2x Crambus perlella2x Dichomeris marginella 2x Eucosma campoliliana 10x Aethes rubigana1x Aethes cnicana2x Batia lunaris 2x Udea prunalis2x Clepsis consimilana1x Pammene fasciana1x Epinotia nisella2x Acentria ephemerella1x Recurvaria leucatella2x Catoptria pinella2 Epiblema uddmmaniana1 Cochylimorpha straminea 1x Eudonia pallida 2x Archips xylosteana 10+ Celypha striana 5x Scoparia ambigualis 2x Yponomeuta evonymella