Mousey

Another good light trapping session in the garden. Mouse Moth was the first of the year. It gets its name from the habit of scurrying away rather than flying.

143 moths of 57 species
** = garden first
* = year first
0427 Spindle Ermine (Yponomeuta cagnagella) 1
0465 Plutella porrectella 1
0647 Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 1
0801a Gelechia senticetella 1
0970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) 2
0989 Timothy Tortrix (Aphelia paleana) 1
1016x Cnephasia sp. 3
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 9
1304 Agriphila straminella 6
1305 Agriphila tristella 3
1331 Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella) 2
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 3
1361 Pyrausta aurata 2
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 11
1424 Endotricha flammealis 4
**1437 Acrobasis consociella 2
1438 Numonia suavella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1651 Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata) 2
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) ab. remutata 1
1724x Red/Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe spadicearia/ferrugata) 1
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1742 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) 1
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) typical 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) f. perfumaria 1
2000 Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) 1
2011 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) 1
2030 Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis) 2
2044 Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) 2
2047 Scarce Footman (Eilema complana) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 1
2064 Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) 3
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 5
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 4
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata) 2
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 7
*2112 Least Yellow Underwing (Noctua interjecta) 1
2193 The Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 2
2289 Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) 1
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 6
*2298 Svensson's Copper Underwing (Amphipyra berbera) 1
*2299 Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis) 1
2303 Straw Underwing (Thalpophila matura) 1
2318 The Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) 1
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 6
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 1
2341 Cloaked Minor (Mesoligia furuncula) 1
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 22
2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 3
2382 The Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 2

Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis)


Least Yellow Underwing (Noctua interjecta)


Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius)


Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)


Straw Underwing (Thalpophila matura)


Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata)


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