Tuesday 28 July 2015

Moths Caught in Howdon Garden 1st to 23 July 2015

Its over 3 weeks since my last blog but things are getting a bit better as Carole has started to feel a bit better so I am getting a bit of time to do other things and also I now have RETIRED so no more work.  So instead of a huge list of what has been caught I will do an overall total and put a few pictures of new ones that I have not caught before - so here goes

Code Taxon Vernacular Totals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 8
18 Hepialus fusconebulosa Map-winged Swift 4
263 Lyonetia clerkella Apple Leaf Miner 1
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 5
441 Paraswammerdamia nebulella 2
450 Scythropia crataegella Hawthorn Moth 1
462 Ypsolopha sequella 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 10
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 8
779 Bryotropha affinis 5
873 Blastobasis adustella 9
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 10
892 Mompha subbistrigella 5
905 Blastodacna hellerella 1
937 Agapeta hamana 5
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 23
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 7
994 Clepsis consimilana 13
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 52
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 7
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 6
1021 Cnephasia asseclana Flax Tortrix 7
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 2
1076 Celypha lacunana 12
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 41
1133 Epinotia bilunana 2
1169 Gypsonoma dealbana 1
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana Bramble Shoot Moth 2
1176 Epiblema trimaculana 2
1178 Epiblema roborana 1
1201 Eucosma cana 2
1216 Enarmonia formosana Cherry Bark Moth 2
1234 Pammene regiana 4
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 247
1304 Agriphila straminella 13
1316 Catoptria falsella 3
1333 Scoparia pyralella 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 33
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 25
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 5
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 18
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 21
1388 Udea lutealis 16
1390 Udea prunalis 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 8
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 21
1654 Tethea ocularis Figure of Eighty 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 3
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 29
1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 1
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 5
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 31
1732 Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 27
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 5
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 4
1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 7
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 17
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 2
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1893 Macaria liturata Tawny-barred Angle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 23
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1920 Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 14
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 8
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 10
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 36
1954 Bupalus piniaria Bordered White 2
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 9
1962 Hylaea fasciaria Barred Red 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 10
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 4
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 2
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 6
2008 Ptilodon capucina Coxcomb Prominent 1
2031 Leucoma salicis White Satin 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 19
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 824
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 6
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 107
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 11
2130 Xestia baja Dotted Clay 14
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 13
2136 Naenia typica Gothic 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 37
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 12
2192 Mythimna conigera Brown-line Bright Eye 3
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 10
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 19
2216 Cucullia umbratica Shark 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 4
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 9
2305 Euplexia lucipara Small Angle Shades 5
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 316
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 33
2326 Apamea crenata Clouded-bordered Brindle 5
2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 16
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 3
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 78
2340 Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor 23
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 66
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 27
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 31
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 6
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 10
2442 Autographa pulchrina Beautiful Golden Y 3
2443 Autographa jota Plain Golden Y 5
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 6
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 6
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 9
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 21


Eucosma cana
 Paraswammerdamia nebulella
 Bryotropha affinis
Agapeta hamana 
 Epinotia bilunana
 Gypsonoma dealbana
Bramble Shoot Moth 
 Epiblema roborana
Scoparia pyralella 
 Peach Blossom
 Flame Carpet
 Shaded Broad-bar
Yellow Shell
 Phoenix
Tawny-barred Angle 
 Bordered White
 Light Emerald
 Barred Red
 Iron Prominent
Coxcomb Prominent 
 White Satin
Brown-line Bright Eye 
Map Winged Swift 

Hope to be producing them on a more regular basis now that time has become available


































Saturday 4 July 2015

Moths Caught in Howdon Garden 23rd June to 30 Jun 15

Haven't been able blog for a few days due to work and illness so here goes:

23 June 2015
Taxa
1174  Epiblema cynosbatella  1
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  2
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  2
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  1
1937  Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)  1
1991  Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)  1
2087  Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)  1
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  5
2160  Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)  2
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle [melanic form] (Apamea crenata ab. combusta)  1
2334  Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)  2

Elephant Hawk-moth
 Epiblema cynosbatella

24 June 2015
A quick summary of catch at <site> on <date> [Home Base] [24 jun 15]

Taxa
0874  Blastobasis lacticolella  1
0892  Mompha subbistrigella  1
0970  Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana)  1
0972  Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana)  1
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  9
1174  Epiblema cynosbatella  1
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  1
1506  Stenoptilia millieridactyla  1
1707  Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata)  1
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  3
1738  Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)  1
1827  Freyer's Pug (Eupithecia intricata)  1
1860  Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)  4
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  1
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  1
1937  Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)  1
1991  Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)  2
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  1
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  27
2280  Miller (Acronicta leporina)  1
2284x  Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger (Acronicta tridens/psi)  1
2321  Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  2
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)  1
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle [melanic form] (Apamea crenata ab. combusta)  2
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  4

Stenoptilia millieridactyla
 Miller

25 June 2015
Taxa
0014  Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli)  1
0873  Blastobasis adustella  1
0874  Blastobasis lacticolella  1
0954  Eupoecilia angustana  1
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  24
1083  Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana)  1
1174  Epiblema cynosbatella  1
1212  Spotted Shoot Moth (Rhyacionia pinivorana)  1
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  1
1334  Scoparia ambigualis  1
1338  Dipleurina lacustrata  1
1376  Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata)  2
1378  Phlyctaenia coronata  1
1428  Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)  2
1654  Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis)  1
1727  Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)  2
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  3
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  7
1765  Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata)  1
1769  Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica)  1
1825  Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)  1
1827  Freyer's Pug (Eupithecia intricata)  4
1860  Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)  2
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  4
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  5
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  2
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  42
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  2
2155  Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)  1
2280  Miller (Acronicta leporina)  1
2293  Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica)  1
2321  Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  1
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)  4
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle [melanic form] (Apamea crenata ab. combusta)  2
2330  Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa)  1
2334  Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)  1
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  8
2340  Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula)  1

Ghost Moth
 Figure of Eighty

26 June 2015
Taxa
0648  White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)  2
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  13
1334  Scoparia ambigualis  2
1338  Dipleurina lacustrata  1
1376  Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata)  1
1653  Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)  1
1654  Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis)  1
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  3
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  3
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  4
1931  Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)  1
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  1
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  40
2102  Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)  4
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  3
2302  Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea)  1
2306  Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)  1
2321  Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  3
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)  4
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle [melanic form] (Apamea crenata ab. combusta)  3
2330  Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa)  1
2334  Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)  4
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  4
2340  Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula)  4
2422  Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana)  3
2441  Silver Y (Autographa gamma)  1
2449  Dark Spectacle (Abrostola triplasia)  1

 Buff Arches
 Green Silver-lines

27 June 2015
Taxa
0263  Apple Leaf Miner (Lyonetia clerkella)  2
0647  Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)  1
0970  Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana)  2
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  16
1002  Lozotaenia forsterana  1
1076  Celypha lacunana  1
1083  Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana)  1
1174  Epiblema cynosbatella  1
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  5
1334  Scoparia ambigualis  2
1376  Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata)  1
1428  Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)  1
1653  Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)  1
1727  Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)  2
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  1
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  4
1819  Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)  3
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  1
1860  Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)  4
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  1
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  3
1931  Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)  1
1994  Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)  1
2007  Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)  1
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  1
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  41
2155  Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)  2
2198  Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)  1
2321  Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  7
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)  2
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle [melanic form] (Apamea crenata ab. combusta)  2
2330  Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa)  3
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  4
2441  Silver Y (Autographa gamma)  1
2443  Plain Golden Y (Autographa jota)  3

Buff Tip
 Swallow Prominent

28 Jun 15
Taxa
0263  Apple Leaf Miner (Lyonetia clerkella)  2
0647  Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)  1
0970  Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana)  2
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  16
1002  Lozotaenia forsterana  1
1076  Celypha lacunana  1
1083  Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana)  1
1174  Epiblema cynosbatella  1
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  5
1334  Scoparia ambigualis  2
1376  Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata)  1
1428  Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)  1
1653  Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)  1
1727  Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)  2
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  1
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  4
1819  Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)  3
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  1
1860  Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)  4
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  1
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  3
1931  Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)  1
1994  Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)  1
2007  Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)  1
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  1
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  41
2155  Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)  2
2198  Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)  1
2321  Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  7
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)  2
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle [melanic form] (Apamea crenata ab. combusta)  2
2330  Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa)  3
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  4
2441  Silver Y (Autographa gamma)  1
2443  Plain Golden Y (Autographa jota)  3


Green Pug
 Dusky Brocade

29 June 2015
Taxa
0263  Apple Leaf Miner (Lyonetia clerkella)  3
0409a  Argyresthia trifasciata  1
0647  Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)  2
0787  Bryotropha terrella  1
0874  Blastobasis lacticolella  1
0970  Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana)  1
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  12
1083  Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana)  1
1234  Pammene regiana  1
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  11
1338  Dipleurina lacustrata  3
1376  Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata)  2
1378  Phlyctaenia coronata  3
1428  Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)  1
1713  Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)  2
1727  Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)  2
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  1
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  2
1765  Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata)  1
1816  Toadflax Pug (Eupithecia linariata)  2
1827  Freyer's Pug (Eupithecia intricata)  2
1834  Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)  3
1860  Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)  2
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  5
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  2
1931  Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)  1
1937  Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)  2
1956  Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)  3
1991  Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)  1
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  1
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  32
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  5
2155  Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)  1
2321  Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  3
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)  1
2330  Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa)  1
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  4
2340  Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula)  2
2387  Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus)  1
2441  Silver Y (Autographa gamma)  1
Barred Yellow
 Toadflax Pug

30 June 2015
Taxa
0647  Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)  1
0648  White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)  1
0873  Blastobasis adustella  1
0874  Blastobasis lacticolella  3
0972  Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana)  1
0994  Clepsis consimilana  3
0998  Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)  10
1002  Lozotaenia forsterana  1
1021  Flax Tortrix (Cnephasia asseclana)  1
1076  Celypha lacunana  1
1083  Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana)  7
1174  Epiblema cynosbatella  1
1176  Epiblema trimaculana  1
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  5
1301  Crambus lathoniellus  1
1334  Scoparia ambigualis  3
1338  Dipleurina lacustrata  2
1376  Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata)  4
1378  Phlyctaenia coronata  2
1653  Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)  1
1713  Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)  2
1727  Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)  1
1728  Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)  2
1764  Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata)  1
1765  Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata)  1
1827  Freyer's Pug (Eupithecia intricata)  4
1860  Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)  3
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  5
1920  Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)  1
1931  Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)  4
1937  Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)  3
2060  White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)  1
2087  Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)  1
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  41
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  4
2160  Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)  1
2278  Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala)  1
2293  Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica)  1
2305  Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara)  1
2321  Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)  7
2326  Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)  2
2330  Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa)  2
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  2
2340  Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula)  4
2387  Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus)  3
2449  Dark Spectacle (Abrostola triplasia)  1
2477  Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)  1

 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix
Small Angle Shades 
 Snout


Thats It - Goodbye