SP9326: 29/08/15 - New: Toadflax Brocade

Tmin: 13.8°C; W: calm; P: 1.5 mm;

The full moon was hidden by cloud, and a parasol was deployed as there was moderate rainfall.

The usual suspects were accompanied by a garden first - Toadflax Brocade Calophasia lunula.
VC30 Status: rare vagrant / resident; Distribution: extremely local.
A second site record of Webb's Wainscot was notable following the first on 2nd August.

2223 Toadflax Brocade

2373 Webb's Wainscot

Stats ! -

First garden record of Toadflax Brocade (Calophasia lunula)

Second garden record of Webb's Wainscot (Archanara sparganii)

Highest garden count (28) of Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea)

Date: 29/08/15 Site: Leighton Buzzard: Garden Trap: Skinner

Total:

18

species

/

102

moths

B/F	Taxon	Vernacular	Qty
15	Hepialus sylvina	Orange Swift	8
873	Blastobasis adustella	(=lignea) Dingy Dowd	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1304	Agriphila straminella	Pearl Veneer	1
1305	Agriphila tristella	Common Grass-veneer	12
1309	Agriphila geniculea	Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer	6
1331	Acentria ephemerella	Water Veneer	2
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	20
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	2
2134	Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	7
2223	Calophasia lunula	Toadflax Brocade	1
2293	Cryphia domestica	Marbled Beauty	6
2303	Thalpophila matura	Straw Underwing	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	1
2353	Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	28
2373	Archanara sparganii	Webb's Wainscot	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	3

	First - for - year
	First - for - garden

SP9326: 02/08/15 - Two new Macros

Tmin: 13.1°C; W: SE 0-7 mph; P: trace;

A mild night followed a warm day, and this was reflected by a reasonable catch. Two sought after macros turned up - both outside the trap !

First garden records of:
Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis,
Webb's Wainscot Archanara sparganii.

Second garden record of Argyresthia semifusca.

419 Argyresthia semifusca

2289 Knot Grass

2373 Webb's Wainscot

Date: 02/08/15 Site: Leighton Buzzard: Garden Trap: Skinner

Total:

37

species

/

85

moths

B/F	Taxon	Vernacular	Qty
419	Argyresthia semifusca	Brown Rowan Argent	1
642	Batia unitella	Golden-brown Tubic	1
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	1
779	Bryotropha affinis	Dark Groundling	1
787	Bryotropha terrella	Cinereous Groundling	1
873	Blastobasis adustella	(=lignea) Dingy Dowd	5
972	Pandemis heparana	Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
1036	Acleris forsskaleana	Maple Button	1
1048	Acleris variegana	Garden Rose Tortrix	1
1063	Celypha striana	Barred Marble	1
1245	Grapholita janthinana	Pale-bordered Piercer	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	7
1302	Crambus perlella	Yellow Satin Veneer	1
1304	Agriphila straminella	Pearl Veneer	6
1305	Agriphila tristella	Common Grass-veneer	3
1306	Agriphila inquinatella	Barred Grass-veneer	11
1344	Eudonia mercurella	Small Grey	1
1362	Pyrausta purpuralis	Common Purple & Gold	1
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	2
1413	Hypsopygia costalis	Gold Triangle (=Gold Fringe)	1
1424	Endotricha flammealis	Rosy Tabby	5
1634	Malacosoma neustria	Lackey	3
1699	Idaea rusticata	Least Carpet	2
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1742	Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	3
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	2
2031	Leucoma salicis	White Satin	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	2
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	2
2111	Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	1
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	1
2293	Cryphia domestica	Marbled Beauty	2
2303	Thalpophila matura	Straw Underwing	3
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	5
2343x	Mesapamea secalis agg.	Common Rustic agg	2
2373	Archanara sparganii	Webb's Wainscot	1

	First - for - year
	First - for - garden