Summary for October 2015

A quick summary of all the species I managed to trap in October with a few pictures


0647  Hofmannophila pseudospretella  - Brown House Moth  -  Total   2
0648 Endrosis sarcitrella  -  White-shouldered House Moth  -  Total   1
0998 Epiphyas postvittana  -  Light Brown Apple Moth  -  Total   217
1041         Acleris sparsana  -  Total  4

1048        Acleris variegana  -  Garden Rose Tortrix  -  Total 8
1153        Epinotia sordidana  -  Total  1

1478a Vitula edmandsii  -  Total  1

1760        Chloroclysta siterata   -   Red-green Carpet  -  Total  10

1764        Chloroclysta truncata  - Common Marbled Carpet  Total  15
1795        Epirrita dilutata  - November Moth  1

1913        Ennomos alniaria  - Canary-shouldered Thorn  1

1923        Colotois pennaria  -  Feathered Thorn  1

2107        Noctua pronuba  - Large Yellow Underwing  14
2134        Xestia xanthographa  - Square-spot Rustic

2240        Lithophane leautieri  - Blair's Shoulder-knot  5

2245        Allophyes oxyacanthae  -  Green-brindled Crescent  5

2258        Conistra vaccinii  - Chestnut  1

2263        Agrochola lota   - Red-line Quaker  3

2298        Amphipyra berbera  -  Svensson's Copper Underwing  2
2299        Amphipyra tragopoginis  -  Mouse Moth  1
2306        Phlogophora meticulosa  -  Angle Shades  1

2441        Autographa gamma   -  Silver Y  4

New Moths for August and September 2015

Have been a bit sidetracked lately but am now trying to get back onto track and so instead of mega lists of moths here are the new ones that I have caught in August and September 2015.

1087 Orthotaenia undulana - 2 Aug 15

2444 Gold Spangle Autographa bractea - 3 Aug 15

0868 Helcystogramma rufescens - 4 Aug 15

1259 Cydia fagiglandana - 4 Aug 15

2314 Dingy Shears Parastichtis ypsillon - 4 Aug 15

1211 Rhyacionia pinicolana - 5 Aug 15

0658 Carcina quercana - 9 Aug 15

0453 Honeysuckle Moth Ypsolopha dentella - 9 Aug 15

0789 Bryotropha domestica - 10 Aug 15

0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana - 10 Aug 15

0294 Aspilapteryx tringipennella - 11 Aug 15

0001x Caroleus Ignoramus - 11 Aug 15

0656 Tachystola acroxantha - 16 Aug 15

1138 Epinotia nisella - 16 Aug 15

1328 Schoenobius gigantella - 23 Aug 15 (First species for Northumberland)

1134 Epinotia ramella - 24 Aug 15

1454 Dioryctria abietella - 25 Aug 15

0819 Scrobipalpa costella - 26 Aug 15

0870 Oegoconia quadripuncta - 26 Aug 15

2254 Grey Chi Antitype chi - 26 Aug 15

2274 Sallow Xanthia icteritia - 27 Aug 15

2343 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis - 28 Aug 15

2361 Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea - 29 Aug 15

2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum - 5 Sep 15

0455 Ypsolopha scabrella - 8 Sep 15 

1219 Lathronympha strigana - 8 Sep 15

1038 Acleris laterana - 10 Sep 15

 1042 Rhomboid Tortrix Acleris rhombana - 10 Sep 15

0385 Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana - 13 Sep 15

2297 Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea - 16 Sep 15

0448a Prays ruficeps

2263 Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota

Well,  thats it for a little while, lets hope October warms up a bit

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