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Natalia Kirichenko, Peter Huemer, Helmut Deutsch, Paolo Triberti, Rodolphe Rougerie, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Zookeys
Figures 1–8.Callisto adults in dorsal view. 1 Callisto coffeella, male, Austria, Leitnertal, Oberer Stuckensee, 2150 m, 07.IX.2013, leg. Deutsch (PCHD) | voucher specimen № 3 | sample ID – NK318 | process ID CALCO003-14 2 Callisto coffeella, male, Austria, Nordtirol, Bodenalpe, 2000 m, 9.–10.VII.1984, leg. Burmann (TLMF); 3 Callisto coffeella, male, Austria, Vorarlberg, Brandnertal, Böser Tritt, 1700-1800 m, 04.VII.1983, leg. Huemer (TLMF) 4 Callisto coffeella, female, Austria, Nordtirol, Obergurgl, 2000 m, e.l. M.III.1970, leg. Burmann (TLMF) 5 Callisto basistrigella sp. n., male, East Tyrol, Lienzer Dolomiten, Laserz, Dolomitenhütte, 1600 m, 12.VII.2013, leg. Deutsch (TLMF) | voucher specimen № 10 | sample ID – NK325 | process ID CALCO010-14 6 Callisto basistrigella sp. n., male, Italy, Prov. Udine, Mte. Sernio, Forcella Nuviernulis, 1700 m, 16.VII.1988, leg. Huemer (TLMF) 7 Callisto basistrigella sp. n., male, Italy, Prov. Udine, Mt. Canin N, Rif. Gilberti, 1850–1950 m, 29.VII.2001, leg. Huemer (TLMF) 8 Callisto basistrigella sp. n., female, Italy, Prov. Udine, Montasio, 16.IX.1951, leg. Pinker (TLMF).
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Figures 6–8.Adults of Epicephala spp. 6 Epicephala microcarpa sp. n., paratype ♂ 7 Epicephala laeviclada sp. n., holotype ♂ 8 Epicephala tertiaria sp. n., paratype ♀ (Scale bars = 1.0 mm).
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A big surprise!A much better variety of moths last night with new for year Shuttle-shaped Dart and Phyllonorycter messaniella.Also another Brimstone and Waved Umber turned up, it really is slim pickings at the moment.But it was all worth it!Biggest surprise was a Male Lime Hawk-moth, my earliest by 34 days! A garden first. I also observed 2 Adela reamurella in one of the bushes whilst watering the plants this afternoon.Catch Report - 22/04/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Lime Hawk-moth [NFG]1x Shuttle-shaped Dart [NFY]1x Early Grey1x Hebrew Character1x Brindled Pug1x Brimstone Moth1x Waved UmberMicro Moths 1x Phyllonorycter messaniella [NFY]2x Emmelina monodactyla1x Mompha subbistrigella
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Welcome Wetland WandererAnother warm and muggy night on Sunday night (A bit behind with reports!) and yet another opportunity to trap...when will these warm and sultry evenings end? Possibly tomorrow with clearing skies forecast but with such high daytime temperatures still on the cards the forecasters are still suggesting minimums of 14 degrees all week.Easily the best moth of the night was a pristine Silky Wainscot, a bit of a shock really. Is it a primary migrant or a wanderer, I think I will go with the latter.Another good moth for the garden was a beautiful Bordered Pug.I also managed to get the magnifying glass out and pot up a tiny micro moth that turned out to be a first for me Bucculatrix ulmella.Conobathra repandana was also nice to see, as I missed out on one last year having previously seen one on the 17th August 2012Rhyacionia buoliana and Eucosma obumbratana also boosting the garden list.Catch Report - 20/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Silky Wainscot [NFG]1x Bordered Pug [NFG]1x Least Yellow Underwing [NFG]1x Dusky Sallow [NFY]1x Oak Hook-tip [NFY]2x Ruby Tiger [NFY]2x Black Arches3x Bright-line Brown-eye1x Brimstone Moth2x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Buff Arches3x Cabbage Moth1x Clay2x Clouded Silver1x Common Emerald 2x Common Footman8x Common Rustic4x Dark Arches35x Dot Moth1x Double Square-spot4x Dun-bar1x Early Thorn1x Flame Shoulder2x Garden Carpet 1x Green Pug1x Heart & Club3x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer1x Large Yellow Underwing4x Least Carpet2x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing2x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Maple Prominent3x Maple Pug1x Marbled Beauty1x Mottled Beauty2x Nut-tree Tussock1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Pebble Prominent1x Peppered Moth2x Privet Hawk-moth1x Red Twin-spot Carpet20x Riband Wave1x Rustic4x Scalloped Oak1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Silver-Y1x Slender Brindle1x Small Emerald1x Small Fan-footed Wave2x Smoky Wainscot1x Spectacle1x Straw Dot3x Uncertain3x Willow Beauty3x Yellow-tailMicro Moths 1x Bucculatrix ulmella [NEW!]1x Eucosma obumbratana [NFG]1x Rhyacionia buoliana [NFG]1x Conobathra repandana [NFY]1x Phyllonorycter harrisella [NFY]1x Pammene fasciana [NFY]1x Bryotropha affinis1x Bryotropha terrella1x Eurrhypara hortulata2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana1x Celypha striana1x Coleophora sp2x Aphomia sociella1x Emmelina monodactyla1x Argyesthia goedartella1x Acleris schalleriana2x Yponomeuta evonymella1x Agriphila straminella1x Cameraria ohridella1x Batia unitella1x Acleris forsskaleana10x Plutella xylostella3x Oegoconia sp4x Pleuroptya ruralis1x Tischeria ekebladella1x Evergestis forficalis1x Orthopygia glaucinalis1x Aphelia paleana1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella20x Endotricha flammealis1x Clepsis consimilana3x Spilonota ocellana1x Phycita roborella2x Udea prunalis1x Pandemis corylana1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla1x Trachycera suavella1x Aphelia paleana5x Eudonia mercurella1x Ditula angustiorana10x Chrysoteuchia culmella5x Dipleurina lacustrata1x Carcina quercana
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Bovingdon and Gadesprings - Field Trip - 19/05/14Roger, Steve and I made a trip to Bovingdon for some late Spring and early Summer species and boy were we in for a treat!We first trapped this site last year on the 11th of June (Trip report HERE)This time though we were simply overwhelmed with species coming in faster than one could jot down.Interestingly we caught most species that we caught last year but as a comparison, we are about 6 weeks ahead of last year (because of the cold Winter of 2012/13)Of course last year was abnormal so we could not go on last years records too much, some of the species that we did get were typically 2 weeks earlier than the books state.The evening was perfect, with a mild muggy feel about it and still 20 degrees at 8pm, the cloud was still with us and the moon stayed at bay (at least until we packed up)The threat of rain seemed to have subsided and the breeze had dropped so we were very lucky indeed.We did not get our target species Light Feathered Rustic, but it needn't have mattered as it was a long shot anyway and there was plenty of interest coming to all four traps as we worked them throughout the night.Highlights included an Alder Moth, Buttoned Snout, Seraphim, Clay Triple-lines, Grass Rivulet and Coronet.The smaller moths were also in abundance, particularly around the twin Actinic trap and several were taken away to examine in natural light.Highlights of the micros included Bucculatrix nigricomella, Mompha lacteella, Mompha raschkiella, Strophedra weirana and Platyptilia gonodactyla, 3 of those new to me.We also managed to get an unusual looking Treble Lines of the form obscura.It really was so nice to see good numbers of the common species as well with 30+ Clouded Silver, 40+ of Red Twin-spot Carpet and Mottled/Common Pug both numbering easily in excess of 25 specimens each.Exhausted as we had finished around 1am at this site, then onto Gadesprings to empty the two traps there, where we found another 3 Alder Moths, Figure of Eighty and Light Brocade amongst a reasonable amount of species.Home at 3am, up at 6am and I felt like I had a hangover this morning, all good fun!Numbers below are as close as I could record! Catch Report - 19/05/14 - Bovingdon Brickworks - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.69 Macros and 34 Macros (103 species)Macro Moths3x Common Swift4x Green Silver-lines1x Brown Rustic3x Common Marbled Carpet5x Green Carpet15+ Silver-ground Carpet8x Oak Hook-tip15+ Brimstone Moth5x Small Phoenix 1x Small Fan-foot15+ Flame Shoulder25+ Common Pug25+ Mottled Pug2x Ingrailed Clay1x White-spotted Pug1x Foxglove Pug2x Pale Prominent6x Treble Lines1x Straw Dot40+ Red Twin-spot Carpet3x Water Carpet1x Broken-barred Carpet1x Brown Silver-line30+ Clouded Silver1x Scorched Carpet1x Tawny Marbled Minor2x Flame Carpet5x Orange Footman6x Pale Tussock2x Grey Pug4x Seraphim1x Pebble Prominent4x Nut-tree Tussock3x Small Square-spot2x Angle Shades4x Waved Umber2x Shuttle-shaped Dart4x Least Black Arches1x Marbled Minor1x Spruce Carpet1x Yellow-barred Brindle2x Common Wave1x Common White Wave1x V-pug3x Scorched Wing1x Marbled White Spot5x Scalloped Hazel10x White Ermine4x Peppered Moth2x Chinese Character1x Flame2x Cinnabar 1x Peach Blossom2x Clouded-bordered Brindle1x Buttoned Snout1x Shoulder-striped Wainscot1x Iron Prominent1x Brindled Pug1x Common Carpet1x Blood-vein1x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Oak-tree Pug2x Coronet1x Alder Moth [NEW!]1x Knot Grass1x Herald1x Grass Rivulet [NEW!]1x Clay Triple-lines1x White-pinion SpottedMicro Moths2x Endrosis sarcitrella2x Epiblema cynosbatella2x Bucculatrix nigricomella [NEW!]1x Aspilapteryx tringipennella4x Crambus lathoniellus1x Aphomia sociella5x Caloptilia syringella1x Caloptilia stigmatella1x Caloptilia semifascia1x Agonopterix arenella1x Plutella porrectella8x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Cochylimorpha straminea2x Epiblema cirsiana1x Blastobasis lacticolella1x Incurvaria masculella2x Ancylis badiana10x Syndemis musculana3x Scoparia ambigualis1x Alucita hexadactyla2x Phyllonorycter harrisella2x Monopis weaverella 1x Mompha lacteella [NEW!]2x Mompha raschkiella1x Nemapogon cloacella1x Strophedra weirana1x Cataclysta lemnata1x Prays ruficeps/fraxinella1x Cochylis atricapitana1x Parornix sp1x Coleophora sp1x Anthophila fabriciana1x Platyptilia gonodactyla [NEW!]1x Ephestia parasitella unicolorella-------------------------------------------------------------------------Catch Report - 19/05/14 - Gadesprings - Hemel Hempstead - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap and 40w Actinic Trap.40 Macros and 9 Macros (49 species)Macro Moths1x Cinnabar1x Figure of Eighty4x Clouded Silver1x Waved Umber7x Flame Shoulder2x White Ermine5x Peppered Moth3x Alder Moth2x Brimstone2x Small Square-spot1x Pale Tussock1x Orange Footman10x Treble Lines 1x Oak-tree Pug1x Green Carpet1x Chinese Character1x Yellow-barred Brindle 2x Pale Prominent6x Heart & Dart1x Shuttle-shaped Dart2x Common Marbled Carpet 1x Common Pug1x Vine's Rustic1x Rustic Shoulder-knot1x Tawny Marbled Minor1x Marbled Minor1x Spectacle1x Green Silver-lines1x Iron Prominent2x Small Clouded Brindle1x Silver-ground Carpet1x Scalloped Hazel1x Lychnis2x Oak Nycteoline1x Pale Tussock1x Coronet1x Clouded-bordered Brindle1x Light Brocade1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Buff-tipMicro Moths1x Dichrorampha sp1x Anthophila fabriciana1x Syndemis musculana1x Tinea trinotella 1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Elachista maculicerusella1x Plutella xylostella1x Caloptilia robustella1x Endrosis sarcitrella
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Confirmed today by wonderful dissection by Jon Clifton of ALS. It is the 8th British record and the first record for Suffolk.Over the moon.
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Garden Catch - 31-07-14 - Bye Bye July - New Camera heralds a new era for moth photographs...here is hoping anyway!
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Clump Point, Queensland, Australia
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A tidy catch last night with 4 new for the garden and 1 new for the year, leading me upto 60 Macro's and 23 Micro's for the year, a grand total of 83 species for the year and nearing that 100 mark but I still feel quite a way off and we are nearly at July!I will probably try again tonight, and then I will have a break Tuesday night as I will be out trapping with the generator.Once again the photos will have to wait as it is still incredibly dark out there and has just started to rain.Catch Report - 16/06/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trapMacro Moths1x Ingrailed Clay [NFG]1x Marbled Minor [NFG]1x Oak-tree Pug [NFG]1x Rustic Shoulder-knot2x Brimstone Moth1x Green Carpet2x Heart & Dart1x Double-striped Pug2x Grey Pug3x Common Pug1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Bright-line Brown-eye3x Common SwiftMicro moths1x Eurrhypara hortulata [NFG]1x Caloptilia alchimiella [NFY]1x Epiblema cynosbatella
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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On Thursday night I joined Graham Bailey and Don Down and a few others for our contribution to national moth night(s)It had been a whole year nearly since I last came down this way, and it was nice to be back.The trapping conditions looked pretty good, we did not have the cloud cover that I was blessed with on the previous night in Bedfordshire, but the temperatures were very warm and for the rest of the evening it stayed warm.We set up 7 traps in high anticipation of a bucket load of moths. Unfortunately it wasn't to be. The moths (particularly the macro's) were very slow turning up to the lamps.And even after a full two hours, apart from nearly 40 species of micro moths we had only noted around 15 macro species!What on earth was going wrong!Luckily all was not lost as we did manage the target species, all 4 of them... the elusive Olive Crescent which is only know from a few sites nationwide, this being one of them and naturally i'd rather protect the sites identity from possible collector's!It was also nice to see a few Festoons which were really freshly hatched.Along with the Olive Crescent, there were plenty of Lead-coloured Pugs and Opsibotys fuscalis, all three species being new for meCatch Report - 03/07/14 - Essex - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.Numbers below are approximate50 Macros and 57 Micros ( 107 species)Macro Moths4x Black Arches3x Brimstone Moth2x Buff Arches2x Buff Ermine10x Buff Footman2x Buff-tip5x Clouded Border10x Clouded Silver2x Common Carpet2x Common Emerald3x Common Footman1x Common Marbled Carpet2x Common White Wave3x Double Square-spot2x Dun-bar3x Engrailed1x Festoon1x Flame2x Flame Carpet2x Flame Shoulder1x Green Pug2x Green Silver-lines2x July Highflyer1x Large Emerald3x Lead-coloured Pug [NEW!]2x Marbled Minor3x Marbled White Spot5x Mottled Beauty3x Olive Crescent [NEW!]5x Orange Moth2x Peach Blossom1x Peacock Moth2x Peppered Moth5x Riband Wave5x Rosy Footman2x Scarce Footman1x Scorched Carpet2x Scorched Wing10x Single-dotted Wave2x Slender Brindle3x Small Fan-foot20+ Small Fan-footed Wave1x Small White Wave1x Small Yellow Wave2x Snout3x Swallow-tailed Moth1x Tawny-barred Angle2x Treble Brown Spot5x Uncertain1x Yellow ShellMicro Moths 1x Blastobasis lacticolella1x Orthopygia glaucinalis2x Endotricha flammealis1x Batia unitella1x Batia lunaris1x Incurvaria oehlmanniella1x Caloptilia robustella2x Parachronistis albiceps5x Celypha lacunana2x Eudonia mercurella2x Tortrix viridana1x Ditula angustiorana2x Epagoge grotiana10x Carcina quercana15+ Aleimma loeflingiana5x Gypsonoma dealbana1x Stigmella aurella10x Zeiraphera isertana1x Coleophora sp5x Chrysoteuchia culmella2x Hedya pruniana1x Ypsolopha ustella1x Ypsolopha dentella1x Aphomia sociella2x Celypha striana2x Archips crataegana5x Conobathra repandana2x Cydia splendana5x Epinotia brunnichana2x Scoparia ambigualis1x Catoptria pinella2x Batrachedra praenangusta 3x Teleoides luculella2x Epiblema uddmanniana2x Cnephasia sp1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella5x Argyresthia brockeella2x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana1x Emmetia marginea2x Acleris kochiella1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla2x Archips xylosteana2x Udea prunalis2x Pandemis cerasana1x Pandemis heparana2x Eurrhypara hortulata2x Yponomeuta evonymella2x Archips podana1x Crambus pascuella2x Spilonota ocellana1x Epinotia biluna1x Apotomis betuletana3x Apotomis turbidana1x Caloptilia populetorum1x Epinotia nanana4x Opsibotys fuscalis [NEW!]2x Spatalistis bifasciana1x Epinotia demarniana
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Another blooming successful catch!August is upon us, and the mild weather looks set to continue, with a few outbreaksof rain here and there expected over the next week. Today was hot and humid and witha high of 34 degrees, it would have been rude not to set the trap up!Despite clear skies the temperature was still 19 degrees at 6am this morning. Mothswere absolutely everywhere, in the trap, on the wall and within the long grass. Ittook just over an hour of sorting. Unfortunately quite a few had passed away, possiblyto do with 4 dead wasps in the trap and a combination of high temperature and the sheeramount of Dot Moths and Dark Arches, the latter numbering close to 80 individuals.Best Macro moths were Barred Hook-tip, Campion, Slender Brindle and the long awaitedSwallow Prominent (having had Lesser Swallow on numerous occasions)Best Micro moths were 3 Limnaecia phragmitella, Clavigesta purdeyi and the tiny Epinotia nanana. Adding 3 new Micros to my all time list was very pleasing indeed.I will be trapping again on Sunday night.Catch Report - 01/08/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trapMacro Moths1x Barred Hook-tip [NFG]1x Swallow Prominent [NFG]1x Campion [NFG]1x Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet [NFG]1x Slender Brindle [NFG]2x Maple Pug [NFG]3x Dusky Sallow [NFG]1x Scorched Carpet [NFG]2x Oak Hook-tip [NFG]2x Orange Swift [NFY]2x Black Arches [NFY]3x Flounced Rustic [NFY]3x Square-spotted Clay [NFY]4x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [NFY]3x Copper Underwing [NFY]13x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Brimstone Moth1x Cabbage Moth1x Clay2x Cloaked Minor1x Clouded Border2x Common Carpet1x Clouded Silver10x Common Footman13x Common Rustic72x Dark Arches1x Dingy Shears52x Dot Moth11x Double Square-spot6x Dun-bar2x Early Thorn1x Fan-foot1x Flame2x Flame Shoulder1x Grey Dagger2x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer2x Large Yellow Underwing1x Least Carpet5x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing6x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Light Arches2x Marbled Beauty2x Mottled Rustic1x Nut-tree Tussock8x Peppered Moth2x Red Twin-spot Carpet15x Riband Wave2x Ruby Tiger2x Shuttle-shaped Dart12x Silver-Y2x Single-dotted Wave9x Small Fan-footed Wave1x Spectacle4x Straw Underwing2x Swallow-tailed Moth5x Uncertain2x V-pug4x White Satin Moth19x Willow Beauty2x Yellow-tailMicro Moths1x Ancylis badiana [NFG]1x Bucculatrix thoracella [NEW!]3x Limnaecia phragmitella [NFG]1x Yponomeuta padella [NFG]3x Eudemis profundana [NFG]1x Clavigesta purdeyi [NEW!]1x Spilonota laricana [NEW!]1x Epinotia nanana [NFG]1x Phlyctaenia coronata [NFG]2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana [NFY]2x Pandemis corylana [NFY]1x Agonopterix alstromeriana [NFY]4x Cydia splendana [NFY]3x Spilonota ocellana1x Hypsopygia costalis2x Caloptilia alchimiella3x Bryotropha terrella2x Blastobasis adustella1x Trachycera suavella3x Trachycera advenella1x Mompha propinquella2x Aphomia sociella2x Archips podana1x Pandemis heparana2x Batia unitella3x Phycita roborella2x Tischeria ekebladella46x Agriphila straminella2x Hofmannophila pseudospretella2x Acleris forsskaleana5x Pleuroptya ruralis4x Endotricha flammealis8x Carcina quercana8x Agriphila tristella2x Dipleurina lacustrata
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Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Hemel Hempstead Field Trip - 31/07/13David, Roger and myself decided to blitz Gadesprings with as many traps as we could use, so plumping for 3 off the mainsand 2 further along the canal running from the generator. The hope was to get some of the more uncommon Wainscots, but we did not manage hardly any, with just a few Smoky, one Common and one Southern.Numbers below are approximate31/07/13 - Gadesprings - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Trap, 1x 22w Actinic + 26w Blacklight Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Trap run from 9.00pm until 2.00am(Traps highlighted in red run all night)175 Species in total97 Macro Moths & 78 Micro MothsMacro MothsBarred Red 1Beautiful Hook-tip 3Black Arches 2Bordered Sallow 1Bright-line Brown-eye 4Brimstone Moth 2Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 8Buff Arches 1Buff Ermine 1Buff Footman 10Clay 2Cloaked Minor 2Clouded Border 1Common Carpet 5Common Emerald 1Common Footman 10Common Rustic 10Common Wave 1Common Wainscot 1Copper Underwing 1Coronet 10Dark Arches 20Dark Umber 1Dingy Footman 2Dingy Shears 2Dot Moth 2Double Lobed 12Double Square-spot 8Double-striped Pug 3Drinker 3Dun-bar 10Ear Moth 1Early Thorn 3Engrailed 1Fan-foot 3Flame 3Flame Shoulder 5Gothic 1Green Arches 1Green Pug 1Grey Dagger 2Heart & Dart 2July Highflyer 5Knot Grass 1Large Twin-spot Carpet 2Large Yellow Underwing 6Least Carpet 2Least Yellow Underwing 1Leopard Moth 1Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5Lesser Yellow Underwing 10Light Arches 1Maple Pug 2Marbled Minor 1Mottled Beauty 1Mouse Moth 1Oak Hook-tip 3Orange Swift 8Pale Prominent 1Peach Blossom 1Pebble Prominent 1Peppered Moth 2Pretty Chalk Carpet 1Red Twin-spot Carpet 3Riband Wave 5Rosy Rustic 1Ruby Tiger 4Scalloped Oak 1Scarce Footman 2Scarce Silver-lines 1Scorched Carpet 1Setaceous Hebrew Character 1Shaded Pug 2Silver-Y 8Single-dotted Wave 3Slender Pug 4Small Blood-vein 1Small Fan-footed Wave 10Small Phoenix 2Small Ranunculus 1Small Rivulet 1Small Seraphim 1Smoky Wainscot 5Snout 2Southern Wainscot 1Spectacle 1Straw Underwing 2Swallow-tailed Moth 1Tawny Marbled Minor 1Toadflax Pug 1Tree-lichen Beauty 10Uncertain 5V-pug 12White-spotted Pug 2Willow Beauty 3Wormwood Pug 1Yellow Shell 3Micro MothsAcleris emargana 1Acleris forsskaleana 8Acleris variegana 1Agapeta hamana 3Agonopterix heracliana 2Agriphila straminella 50+Agriphila tristella 10Agriphila tristella 2Apotomis lineana 2Archips xylosteana 2Argyrotaenia ljungiana 2Batia unitella 4Batrachedra praeangusta 1Brachmia blandella 1Caloptilia robustella 1Caloptilia rufipennella 1Cameraria ohridella 1Carcina quercana 10Cataclysta lemnata 1Catoptria falsellaCelypha lacunana 1Celypha striana 1Chrysoteuchia culmella 1Clepsis consimilana 2Clepsis spectrana 3Cnephasia sp 5Coleophora sp 10Crambus pascuella 1Cydia splendana 2Dipleurina lacustrata 2Ditula angustiarana 2Elachista maculicerusella 5Emmelina monodactyla 1Endotricha flammealis 5Epermenia chaerophyllella 1Epiblema uddmanniana 1Epinotia brunnichana 2Epinotia nisella 2Epinotia ramella 2Eucosma campoliliana 5Eudemis profundana 5Eudonia mercurella 3Eurrhypara hortulata 1Euzophera pinguis 1Gypsonoma dealbana 2Hedya nubiferana 2Helcystogramma rufescens 1Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1Hypsopygia costalis 1Limnaecia phragmitella 2Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1Mompha ochraceella 2Monopis weaverella 1Nomophila noctuella 1Pandemis corylana 5Pandemis heparana 2Paraswammerdamia albicapitella 1Phalonidia manniana 1Phycita roborella 5Platyptilia pallidactyla 5Pleuroptya ruralis 80+Plutella xylostella 2Pterophorus pentadactyla 5Pyrausta aurata 1Recurvaria leucatella 1Rhopobota naevana 1Rhyacionia pinicolana 1Scoparia ambigualis 2Scrobipalpa sp 1Spilonota ocellana 2Tinea trinotella 1Trachycera advenella 5Udea olivalis 1Udea prunalis 5Yponomeuta cagnagella 2Yponomeuta evonymella 10Ypsolopha scabrella 1Zeiraphera isertana 5
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Welcome Wetland WandererAnother warm and muggy night on Sunday night (A bit behind with reports!) and yet another opportunity to trap...when will these warm and sultry evenings end? Possibly tomorrow with clearing skies forecast but with such high daytime temperatures still on the cards the forecasters are still suggesting minimums of 14 degrees all week.Easily the best moth of the night was a pristine Silky Wainscot, a bit of a shock really. Is it a primary migrant or a wanderer, I think I will go with the latter.Another good moth for the garden was a beautiful Bordered Pug.I also managed to get the magnifying glass out and pot up a tiny micro moth that turned out to be a first for me Bucculatrix ulmella.Conobathra repandana was also nice to see, as I missed out on one last year having previously seen one on the 17th August 2012Rhyacionia buoliana and Eucosma obumbratana also boosting the garden list.Catch Report - 20/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Silky Wainscot [NFG]1x Bordered Pug [NFG]1x Least Yellow Underwing [NFG]1x Dusky Sallow [NFY]1x Oak Hook-tip [NFY]2x Ruby Tiger [NFY]2x Black Arches3x Bright-line Brown-eye1x Brimstone Moth2x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Buff Arches3x Cabbage Moth1x Clay2x Clouded Silver1x Common Emerald 2x Common Footman8x Common Rustic4x Dark Arches35x Dot Moth1x Double Square-spot4x Dun-bar1x Early Thorn1x Flame Shoulder2x Garden Carpet 1x Green Pug1x Heart & Club3x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer1x Large Yellow Underwing4x Least Carpet2x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing2x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Maple Prominent3x Maple Pug1x Marbled Beauty1x Mottled Beauty2x Nut-tree Tussock1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Pebble Prominent1x Peppered Moth2x Privet Hawk-moth1x Red Twin-spot Carpet20x Riband Wave1x Rustic4x Scalloped Oak1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Silver-Y1x Slender Brindle1x Small Emerald1x Small Fan-footed Wave2x Smoky Wainscot1x Spectacle1x Straw Dot3x Uncertain3x Willow Beauty3x Yellow-tailMicro Moths 1x Bucculatrix ulmella [NEW!]1x Eucosma obumbratana [NFG]1x Rhyacionia buoliana [NFG]1x Conobathra repandana [NFY]1x Phyllonorycter harrisella [NFY]1x Pammene fasciana [NFY]1x Bryotropha affinis1x Bryotropha terrella1x Eurrhypara hortulata2x Argyrotaenia ljungiana1x Celypha striana1x Coleophora sp2x Aphomia sociella1x Emmelina monodactyla1x Argyesthia goedartella1x Acleris schalleriana2x Yponomeuta evonymella1x Agriphila straminella1x Cameraria ohridella1x Batia unitella1x Acleris forsskaleana10x Plutella xylostella3x Oegoconia sp4x Pleuroptya ruralis1x Tischeria ekebladella1x Evergestis forficalis1x Orthopygia glaucinalis1x Aphelia paleana1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella20x Endotricha flammealis1x Clepsis consimilana3x Spilonota ocellana1x Phycita roborella2x Udea prunalis1x Pandemis corylana1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla1x Trachycera suavella1x Aphelia paleana5x Eudonia mercurella1x Ditula angustiorana10x Chrysoteuchia culmella5x Dipleurina lacustrata1x Carcina quercana
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More species, less mothsA great catch last night and a few to bang the head against the wall with!Firstly a Caloptilia which resembles both betulicola and elongella, photo later, but may need to be dissected.betulicola due to the huge amounts of Birch in the vicinity. Secondly a Phyllonorycter that I have no clue on, and looks different to the species I have already recorded in the garden, which looks to me now like blancardella.Another Early Grey makes it my whole second one for the year! 6 Double-striped Pugs was noteworthy for my garden.Another Lead-coloured Drab, makes it 3 for the year so far (none last year).New for the year were Nut-tree Tussock (1), Brindled Pug (2), Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (2),Tinea pellionella (1) and the above 2 micros to identify.I look forward to hopefully going out on a field trip on Wednesday night as the weather looks to stay mild at present.Catch Report - 30/03/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Nut-tree Tussock [NFY] 2x Brindled Pug [NFY]6x Double-striped Pug 1x Lead-coloured Drab10x Hebrew Character14x Common Quaker 11x Small Quaker2x Clouded Drab1x ChestnutMicro Moths1x Phyllonorycter sp pos blancardella [NFG]1x Tinea pellionella [NFY]1x Caloptilia betulicola [NFG]1x Agonopterix heracliana 2x Mompha subbistrigella1x Emmelina monodactyla5x Diurnea fagella
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01/10/11
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Gastes, Aquitaine, France
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edit] Description: Heatwave continues More trapping again this week and I put the trap out again on the most favourable night that the forecasters had predicted. Thursday morning saw me going through the trap once again at 6am and jotting down the species present. I would love to trap every night, but couldn't justify the time making lists day after day, often repeating the same species. The trap wasn't brimming this morning but there was one surprise towards the bottom. The wetland Pyralid Donacaula forficella. A little tatty but a very welcome addition to the ever growing garden list. A nice collection of Micros were also new for the year. Catch Report - 24/07/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Flounced Rustic [NFY] 1x Small Rivulet [NFY] 1x Black Arches 1x Bright-line Brown-eye 1x Brimstone Moth 1x Buff Arches 2x Buff Footman 1x Buff-tip 1x Cloaked Minor 1x Common Carpet 3x Common Footman 15x Common Rustic 1x Dark Arches 8x Dot Moth 1x Double Square-spot 1x Double-striped Pug 2x Dun-bar 1x Dwarf Cream Wave 1x Elephant Hawk-moth 2x Fern 2x Flame Shoulder 2x Garden Carpet 1x Grey Dagger 1x Large Twin-spot Carpet 1x Large Yellow Underwing 2x Least Carpet 3x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1x Light Arches 1x Maple Prominent 1x Maple Pug 1x Nutmeg 1x Pale Prominent 2x Peppered Moth 1x Phoenix 12x Riband Wave 2x Scalloped Oak 1x Scarce Footman 1x Setaceous Hebrew Character 1x Shuttle-shaped Dart 3x Single-dotted Wave 1x Small Emerald 1x Small Fan-footed Wave 1x Straw Underwing 2x Uncertain 1x Willow Beauty 2x Yellow Shell 2x Yellow-tail Micro Moths 1x Donacaula forficella [NFG] 1x Eucosma hohenwartiana [NFG] 2x Acentria ephemerella [NFY] 2x Hypatima rhomboidella [NFY] 1x Bucculatrix thoracella [NFY] 1x Tinea semifulvella [NFY] 1x Agriphila tristella [NFY] 1x Pyrausta aurata [NFY] 2x Phyllonorycter harrisella 1x Helcystogramma rufescens 1x Aphomia sociella 2x Pandemis corylana 3x Bryotropha terrella 1x Epiphyas postvittana 1x Cydia splendana 1x Phlyctaenia coronata 1x Celypha striana 3x Yponomeuta evonymella 4x Batia unitella 12x Plutella xylostella 2x Pleuroptya ruralis 2x Agapeta hamana 14x Endotricha flammealis 1x Spilonota ocellana 2x Phycita roborella 1x Udea prunalis 3x Eudonia mercurella 2x Agriphila straminella 2x Crambus perlella 1x Hypsopygia costalis 5x Chrysoteuchia culmella. Date: 25 July 2014, 08:31. Source:
[0273] Bucculatrix thoracella. Author:
Ben Sale from UK.
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