Summary[edit] Description: Garden Catch 05/07/18 - A lengthy list A mild and muggy night on the 05th of July produced 75 species of moth, with 12 new for species added to the rolling list. Highlights were 3 uncommon macros that don't turn up on an annual basis and a nice selection of smaller moths to sift through and observe, including 3 different forms of the angelic Acleris forsskaleana. Garden species count for 2018 now upto 323. Here are the new for year species. Catch Report - 05/07/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths Black Arches Shaded Broad-bar Sycamore Micro Moths Acleris forsskaleana 4 Acleris variegana 3 Acrobasis suavella Batia lunaris Borkhausenia fuscescens Mompha ochraceella Pyralis farinalis Tinea trinotella Yponomeuta sp. Date: 6 July 2018, 06:34. Source: Mompha ochraceella. Author: Ben Sale from Stevenage, UK.
Exemplar found: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Odintsovsky District, near village Pestovo, 27.07.2017, by light МО, Одинцовский р-н, окрестности деревни Пестово, 27.07.2017, на свет
Summary[edit] Description: English: An illustration from British Entomology by John Curtis. Lepidoptera: Laverna ochraceella Curtis or Mompha ochraceella (Curtis). Date: before 1840 date QS:P,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9. Source: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Author: Curtis.
Moth Trapping down on the farm part 3 - Rarities abound! My third session on the farm was last Thursday, and I decided to run 4 traps, 2 on each site (he North and South). The plan was to stay with the traps until around 1am then leave them running until 4.30am whilst I got a bit of kip. The day had been a really warm and muggy one with highs of 24 degrees but threats of rain continued, but luckily it wasn't too bad overnight and the main deluge came just at dawn whilst going through the traps..not ideal I can tell you! The main problem wasn't the precipitation threat but the wind! A constant 15mph with gusts of around 20mph did not do the night any favours but it was worth seeing how things fared despite the breezy conditions. Overall it went ok, with numbers slightly down on what I would expect, but a healthy amount of species were there to be recorded. Some really local and rare moths made it all worthwhile. For starter's I recorded a joint County 2nd Anarsia lineatella, the Peach Twig-borer moth. Graeme Smith not 6 miles away as the crow flies recorded one on the same night in his garden in Bishop's Stortford! Anarsia lineatella is a fairly recent colonist from warmer shores, these could be spreading from their stronghold in Essex or may be primary immigrants. Care should be taken though as there is another Gelechid that looks very similar, Gelechia senticetella. Other moths of note were my first Herts record of Cream-bordered Green-pea a Ruddy Carpet and Waved Black. There were also stunning forms of Cloaked Minor and Riband Wave. Two moths are still outstanding for identification. The list stands at 163 species in total minus the two unidentified species. Catch Report - 07/07/16 - Famland - Braughing Friars - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 40w Actinic/26w BLB Trap Macro Moths - 78 Species Barred Straw 10 Barred Yellow 2 Blood-vein 2 Blue-bordered Carpet 2 Bright-line Brown-eye 2 Brimstone Moth 2 Brown Rustic 1 Brown-line Bright-eye 5 Buff Arches 2 Burnished Brass 2 Cinnabar 4 Clay 8 Cloaked Minor 4 Clouded Border 4 Clouded Silver 12 Common Emerald 3 Common Footman 10 Common Rustic 2 Common Wainscot 3 Cream-bordered Green-pea Dark Arches 14 Dot Moth 5 Double Square-spot 6 Dwarf Cream Wave 2 Eyed Hawk-moth 1 Fan-foot 2 Figure of Eighty 1 Flame 4 Flame Shoulder 2 Foxglove Pug 1 Ghost Moth 1 Green Pug 2 Green Silver-lines 1 Grey Dagger 1 Heart & Club 7 Heart & Dart 10 July Highflyer 1 Large Twin-spot Carpet 5 Large Yellow Underwing 10 Least Carpet 1 Light Emerald 2 Marbled Minor 3 Mottled Beauty 3 Mottled Pug 1 Mottled Rustic 8 Orange Footman 1 Pale Prominent 1 Poplar Hawk-moth 1 Privet Hawk-moth 3 Riband Wave Ruddy Carpet Rustic 6 Scalloped Oak 1 Scarce Footman 3 Scorched Carpet 1 Scorched Wing 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character 5 Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1 Silver-Y 2 Single-dotted Wave 1 Small Blood-vein 1 Small Fan-foot 2 Small Fan-footed Wave 1 Small Yellow Wave 1 Smoky Wainscot 3 Snout 4 Spectacle 2 Straw Dot 1 Swallow-tailed Moth 2 Tawny Marbled Minor 1 Turnip Moth 1 Uncertain 10 V-Pug 2 Waved Black 1 Willow Beauty 3 Wood Carpet 1 Wormwood Pug 2 Yellow Shell 5 Micro Moths - 85 Species Acentria ephemerella 10 Acleris schalleriana 1 Aethes rubigana 2 Aethes tesserana 1 Agapeta hamana 10+ Aleimma loeflingiana 1 Anania crocealis 1 Anania hortulata 2 Anania perlucidalis 1 Anarsia lineatella 1 [NEW!] Aphelia paleana 1 Aphomia sociella 2 Archips podana 2 Archips xylosteana 2 Argyresthia albistria 1 Argyresthia goedartella 2 Blastobasis lacticolella 2 Blastodacna hellerella 1 Brachmia blandella 2 Bryotropha senectella 2 Bryotropha terrella 5 Calamotropha paludella 1 Carpatolechia fugitivella pos 1 Catoptria falsella 4 Catoptria pinella 5 Celypha lacunana 8 Celypha striana 2 Chrysoteuchia culmella 10+ Clepsis consimilana 2 Cnephasia sp 5 Cochylis hybridella 10 Cochylis molliculana 1 Coleophora mayrella Coleophora sp (White) Crambus lathoniellus 4 Crambus perlella 1 Crassa unitella 4 Cydia fagiglandana 1 Ditula angustiorana 1 Elophila nymphaeata 1 Endothenia gentianaena 1 Ephestia sp 3 Epiblema foenella 3 Epiphyas postvittana 1 Eucosma cana 20+ Eucosma obumbratana 1 Eudonia lacustrata 15+ Eudonia mercurella 1 Eudonia pallida 4 Eulamprotes atrella 1 Galleria mellonella 1 Gypsonoma dealbana 2 Hedya nubiferana 2 Hedya pruniana 2 Hedya salicella 1 Helcyostogramma rufescens 1 Hofmannophila pseudospretella 3 Homoeosoma sinuella 2 Hypsopygia glaucinalis 1 Lobesia abscisana 1 Metzneria metzneriella 1 Mompha ochraceella 20+ Monochroa palustrellus 1 Myelois circumvoluta 6 Notocelia uddmanniana 1 Pandemis cerasana 2 Pandemis corylana 1 Paraswammerdamia nebulella 1 Phycita roborella 3 Phycitodes binaevella 2 Piniphila bifasciana 2 Pleuroptya ruralis 1 Plutella xylostella 2 Prays frraxinella 2 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 2 Pterophorus pentadactyla 15 Scoaparia basistrigalis 1 Scoparia ambigualis 4 Scoparia pyralella 2 Scoparia subfusca 14 Spatalistis bifasciana 1 Spilonota ocellana 1 Tortrix viridana 2 Udea olivalis 2 Udea prunalis 1
Exemplar found: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Odintsovsky District, near village Pestovo, 29.06.2013, by light МО, Одинцовский р-н, окрестности деревни Пестово, 29.06.2013, на свет
Summary[edit] Description: Netted on a brownfield site, West Midlands. SO931881. Date: 30 June 2014, 15:35. Source: 40.002 BF886 Mompha ochraceella. Author: Patrick Clement from West Midlands, England.
Exemplar found: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Odintsovsky District, near village Pestovo, 27.07.2017, by light МО, Одинцовский р-н, окрестности деревни Пестово, 27.07.2017, на свет
Summary[edit] Description: Warm weather provides rare moth and garden firsts Phew wee what busy times we've had lately, I am a week behind again with my catch reports from my garden and I am literally just going to list the best moths including new for year species as I physically cannot keep up! The heat wave continues and with temperatures soaring to 30 degrees and not dropping beflow 20 at night (making it very uncomfortable at night), the moths have been absolutely everywhere. Last Sunday night once again there were over 70 species of Macro and Micro moths and here are the highlights.. A greased up Crambus perlella initially got the heart racing, unfortunately it must have found some oil I spilt whilst servicing the generators. A County second record of Scythris limbella was new for me as well and really unexpected and very pleasing indeed backed up by two more new for garden Micro moths, but the Macro moth front didnt disappoint either with 3 garden first records as well! A year first species count was broken in style with 25 Yponomeuta evonymella's! Absolutely crazy stuff and this now brings the total moth species count for the garden since August 2012 to 604 species. Catch Report - 18/06/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Lilac Beauty [NFG] 1x Obscure Wainscot [NFG] 1x Tawny-barred Angle [NFG] 1x Common Emerald [NFY] 1x Coxcomb Prominent [NFY] 1x Freyer's Pug [NFY] 2x Least Carpet [NFY] 1x Maple Prominent [NFY] 1x Small Dusty Wave [NFY] Micro Moths 1x Scythris limbella [NEW!] 1x Anarsia innoxiella [NFG] 1x Mompha ochraceella [NFG] 1x Anania coronata [NFY] 1x Argyresthia brockeella [NFY] 1x Batia lunaris [NFY] 1x Carcina quercana [NFY] 1x Crambus perlella [NFY] 1x Epinotia signatana [NFY] 1x Euzophera pinguis [NFY] 1x Lozotaeniodes formosana [NFY] 1x Lyonetia clerkella [NFY] 1x Pandemis heparana [NFY] 1x Parachronistis albiceps [NFY] 1x Udea prunalis [NFY] 25x Yponomeuta evonymella [NFY]. Date: 19 June 2017, 17:23. Source: [0886] Mompha ochraceella. Author: Ben Sale from UK.
Summary[edit] Description: I seem to be getting into a habit of trapping most nights, if the weather is indeed favourable, last night was dry, but a bit cool by recent standards, but still produced the goods. New for the year was White Satin, Metzneria lappella and Lobesia abscisana New for me was the micro Mompha ochraceella. Catch Report - 23/06/11 - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap - Farmland/back garden Macro Moths 1x White Satin [NFY] 14x Uncertain 2x Peppered Moth 1x Latticed Heath 1x Cinnabar 3x Flame 8x Dark Arches 5x Light Arches 2x Buff Ermine 9x Common Footman 7x Heart & Dart 2x Mottled Rustic 1x Clay 1x Snout 1x Buff-tip 2x Mottled Beauty 4x Nutmeg 1x Beautiful Hook-tip 6x Heart & Club 2x Setaceous Hebrew Character 1x Burnished Brass 2x Common Wainscot 3x Double Square-spot 2x Privet Hawk-moth 1x Poplar Hawk-moth 2x Dwarf Cream Wave 3x Brown Rustic 2x Flame Shoulder 7x Flame 1x Green Pug Micro Moths 1x Mompha ochraceella [NEW!] 1x Metzneria lappella [NFY] 1x Lobesia abscisana [NFY] 2x Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana 5x Celypha lacunana 4x Crambus perlella 1x Udea olivalis 3x Scoparia ambigualis 1x Scoparia pyralella 1x Small Magpie Eurrhypara hortulata 2x Cnephasia sp. Date: 24 June 2011, 06:14. Source: [0886] Mompha ochraceella. Author: Ben Sale from UK.