SP9326: 11/07/15 - Coronet

Tmin: 13.6°C; W: SW 2-8 mph; P: 2 mm;

In spite of rain a moderate catch was achieved.
Coronet (whose local status is 'rare immigrant') seems a difficult moth to get in vc30. I've caught this occasionally in Cornwall in years gone by - nice to see it here though !

First garden records of:
Little Grey Dipleurina lacustrata
Coronet Craniophora ligustri.

1338 Dipleurina lacustrata

2291 Coronet

Date: 11/07/15 Site: Leighton Buzzard: Garden Trap: Skinner

Total:

24

species

/

61

moths

B/F	Taxon	Vernacular	Qty
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
1036	Acleris forsskaleana	Maple Button	1
1063	Celypha striana	Barred Marble	2
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	27
1331	Acentria ephemerella	Water Veneer	1
1338	Dipleurina lacustrata	Little Grey	1
1344	Eudonia mercurella	Small Grey	1
1424	Endotricha flammealis	Rosy Tabby	1
1483	Phycitodes binaevella	Ermine Knot-horn	1
1699	Idaea rusticata	Least Carpet	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2050	Eilema lurideola	Common Footman	2
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	2
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	1
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	2
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1
2198	Mythimna impura	Smoky Wainscot	1
2291	Craniophora ligustri	Coronet	1
2293	Cryphia domestica	Marbled Beauty	1
2318	Cosmia trapezina	Dun-bar	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	5
2381x	Hoplodrina alsines-blanda	Uncertain-Rustic agg	4

	First - for - year
	First - for - garden

TL0024: 09/07/11

I have used the battery powered 15w actinic Heath trap on ten occasions over the last two years at this site. The 'Ratface' Skinner pulls in more moths, but it's mains powered and thus has only been used in the garden (and in a Cornish garden). Still, the Heath does a job, and not surprisingly four of the species were newly  self-caught moths for the site.

The 'best' of the modest catch was The Gothic - an uncommon moth with a local distribution - 95 records in the database.

1338 Dipleurina lacustrata

1702 Small Fan-footed Wave

1830 Wormwood Pug

2136 The Gothic

List for TL0024: 09/07/11

1338*  Dipleurina lacustrata    1
1344    Eudonia mercurella    1
1405    Mother of Pearl    3
1702*  Small Fan-footed Wave    1
1713    Riband Wave    1
1830*  Wormwood Pug    1
2044    Dingy Footman    3
2104    Lesser Yellow Underwing    1
2136*  The Gothic    1
2198    Smokey Wainscot    1
2318    The Dun-bar    6
2321    Dark Arches    1
2381x  Uncertain/Rustic agg.    2

Total: 13 species
+ possible Eudonia pallida, but specimen worn/poor photo