Wednesday, August 10, 2011

SP9326: 09/08/11 - Cramming

Minimum temperature: 8.6 Celsius.

As with the last few nights it was quiet - most of the moths arrived before 01:00. It is only my third season and new moths are expected each night - but not always realised ! So, after an hour of research on one tortricid, Epinotia nisella was identified as new* for the garden. A variable moth, this individual has a broad, orange mark halfway down the forewing (form decorana). What I have noticed is the very fine dark vermiculations, towards the termen, on many of the images.


1138 Epinotia nisella
A closer look at some of the  commoner Crambinae - well... those that turned up in the trap last night !
1293 Chrysotuechia culmella
1304 Agriphila straminella
1305 Agriphila tristella
1306 Agriphila inquinatella
1313 Catoptria pinella
List for SP9326: 09/08/11

1138*   Epinotia nisella    1
1293    Chrysoteuchia culmella    1
1304    Agriphila straminella    4
1305    Agriphila tristella    8
1306    Agriphila inquinatella    1
1313    Catoptria pinella    1
1331    Water Veneer    2
1344    Eudonia mercurella    1
1405    Mother of Pearl    2
1428    Bee Moth    1
1738    Common Carpet    1
1862    Double-striped Pug    2
1937    Willow Beauty    2
2006    Lesser Swallow Prominent    1
2092    Shuttle-shaped Dart    3
2102    Flame Shoulder    1
2126    Setaceous Hebrew Character    1
2293    Marbled Beauty    2
2303    Straw Underwing    2
2343    Common Rustic    1

Total: 20 species
+ 1 TBI

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