UK Moths on 8th & 9th May 1999

Mon May 10 03:04:46 EDT 1999

Here's the results of a couple of night's mothing in Suffolk.

Location - Bromeswell Green, a Suffolk Wildlife Trust reserve, with some
variety of habitats; riverine reed-beds, wet meadows, mixed woodland with
mainly oak, willow, blackthorn, birch.

Abundance figures are estimates.

30	Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
6	Brimstone (Opisthograptis luteolata)
8	Adela reaumurella
3	Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae)
15	Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)
15	Grey Birch (Aethelura punctulata)
5	Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria)
3	Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis)
5	Syndemis musculana
2	Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda)
20	Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata)
30	Red Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe spadicearia)
3	Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria)
15	Great Prominent (Peridea anceps)
1	Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
2	Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata)
50	Epinotia immundana
3	White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)
2	Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)
5	Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)
3	Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius)
2	Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)
1	Sandy Carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata)
10	Scoparia ambigualis
3	Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina)
1	Agonopterix arenella
1	Scorched Carpet (Ligdia adustata)
2	Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata)
2	Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)
1	Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata)
1	Angle Shades (Phlogohora meticulosa)
1	Esperia sulphurella
1	Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)
3	Eriocrania subpurpurella
1	Seraphim (Lobophora halterata)
1	Marbled Brown (Drymonia dodonaea)
1	Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta)
1	Pale Oak Beauty (Hypomecis punctinalis)
2	Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)
1	Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa)
1	Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)
2	Olethreutes lacunana
1	Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata)
2	Caloptilia alchimiella
1	Pseudoswammerdamia combinella

My own garden trap in suburbs of Ipswich last night (9th May) produced the
following.

4	Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)
1	Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata)
2	Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi)
5	Muslin moth (Diaphora mendica)
2	Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica)
2	Spectacle  (Abrostola tripartita)
12	Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)
1	Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)
3	Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)
2	Cydia pomonella
1	Evergestis forficalis
1	Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis veritata)
1	Pseudoswammerdamia combinella
1	Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
1	Esperia sulphurella
1	Flame Shoulder  (Ochropleura plecta)
1	Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)
1	Epinotia immundana

Muslin moth seems to be having a good year, with other recorders also
noticing higher numbers in their traps than in previous years.

Tony Prichard

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