warwickshire (vc 38) moth blitz - 30

WARWICKSHIRE (VC 38) MOTH BLITZ - 30th July, 2011

Review by Alan Prior

Introduction

When the announcement came that there would be no National Moth Night during 2011, a chance conversation and a throwawaycomment resulted in a quite ambitious and ultimately extraordinary event taking place. Some discussions took place during winterand the result was that we should hold our own Moth Night but, instead of on a national scale, to try and do it at a countywidelevel. It was also decided not to concentrate on one location but attempt to cover as many different sites as possible. To be allinclusive a mixture of public, private and garden events would be held and recording could be carried out by both day and night.Hopefully, this would result in as wide a picture as possible of the range of the counties Lepidoptera being assembled on oneparticular date. It was also agreed that some of the more experienced moth recorders would try and visit some sites that would notnormally get covered and thus provide new records for some of them.

A date was set, possible places investigated and people encouraged to take part from all levels of knowledge. Whether they couldprovide one record or a hundred, every record would prove extremely valuable from wherever it came and it was hoped that asmany people as possible could be encouraged to realise that fact.

The Blitz

With permissions granted, gate keys obtained (or not!) the great adventure at the end of July had finally arrived. Having been analready busy, so-called summer, it rather sneaked up on some of the participants! Nobody knew how many people were actuallytaking part and it was quite an interesting exercise to wonder how much of Warwickshire would be lit up by various moth traps. Asit transpired records were received from 32 sites covering 19 tetrads in the county. Only some of the southern parts of the countywere under-recorded (see Figure 1) and this might give some idea as to an area on which to focus if or when this event is repeated.

Figure 1 10 kilometre squares covered by Moth Blitz. Numbers indicate new species recorded for the square.

The Important But Hard Bit!

It was quite a job to collate and validate all the records that were received, but it was a fascinating one. With the varying quality ofsites and knowledge of recorders the process was far from dull and provided inevitable surprises. The results were over 6,500Lepidoptera of 372 species recorded in Warwickshire on 30

thJuly, 2011 (that we know about!). Over one hundred species were

newly recorded for various tetrads within the county.

Notable Species Recorded

The highlight for the night was the discovery of 806 Gelechia nigra (Na) at Snitterfield Bushes. This was the first record of thisspecies in Warwickshire since 1944. Another surprise was that 600 Elachista luticomella (Local) recorded at Weethley Wood wasthe first in the county since 1989. Less surprising was finding 366 Phyllonorycter sagitella (pRDB2) at Weethley Wood, as it hadbeen recorded there recently. A total of six Notable B (Nb) designated species were recorded and they were: 219 Nemapogonruricolella, 382 Six-belted Clearwing, 790 Chionodes fumatella, 1179 Epiblema incarnatana, 1731 Chalk Carpet and 2475 WavedBlack. Another good find was that of 1804 Barred Rivulet (Local) at Bishop’s Hill, which is a new site for the species. Also, there wasa sprinkling of migrants recorded, none of which were numerous. They were 464 Diamond-back Moth (7), 1395 Rusty-dot Pearl(4), 1984 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (1), 2091 Dark Sword-grass (1) and 2441 Silver Y (2).

Other Species Recorded

It was certainly good to learn that some of the common species are still ‘common’ and widespread throughout the county. It wasno surprise that the most numerous moth recorded was 1304 Agriphila straminella (614), as the Blitz date was in the middle of itsflight period.

Another fifteen species managed to tally one hundred individuals or more recorded. They were: 2343x Common/Lesser CommonRustic (400), 2321 Dark Arches (382), 1713 Riband Wave (259), 2381 Uncertain (152), 2318 Dun-bar (147), 2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (146), 1868 Lesser Treble-bar (141), 1305 Agriphila tristella (125), 2033 Black Arches (121), 2092Shuttle-shaped Dart (115), 2047 Scarce Footman (109), 2107 Large Yellow Underwing (102), 2050 Common Footman (100), and2352 Dusky Sallow (100).

Some other species that are either designated as Common or Local at a national level are infrequently recorded in Warwickshire andso become locally noteworthy when found. Some of these included 752 Aristotelia ericinella (at a new site in the north of thecounty), 1348 Ringed China-mark, 1370 Sitochroa palealis, and 1424 Endotrichia flammealis. For a full species list see Appendix A.

People and the Blitz- The Fun Bit!

Considering how all this started it was truly remarkable how many people took the time and trouble to join in. With all the analysisdone it is only right and proper that we pay tribute to the contributors and their efforts to promote a better understanding ofLepidoptera.

It wasn’t just people from within the county boundaries that helped with the recording either. For example, Mike & Annie Westcrossed the border from Staffordshire to record in Sutton Park for the Blitz. A couple of hours recording in the afternoon werefollowed by a night’s mothing with fellow VC 39 residents Anne Cole and Richard Orton. They all did a great job in getting someheathland species for the list, as Warwickshire is not blessed with large areas of this habitat. Almost all the Scarce Footman andTrue Lover’s Knot recorded were thanks to this dedicated bunch. A rare species of kamikaze wasp was also recorded, as it stungAnne. The wasp obviously didn’t realise that doing something as mean as that is not the way to live a lot longer!

Another bunch that crossed the border were the author of this review and partner Val Weston. We were joined by fellowWorcestershire resident Patrick Clement and from the deep south (well Gloucestershire!) Roger Ward. We had been assigned torecord at Weethley Wood, but had been warned that the key holder was unreliable and so we should expect to have to climb thegate. At least we had a valid permit and so when all the equipment did have to be passed over the gate we didn’t feel like we weretrespassing. We’d just got all our gear over the gate when Roger arrived. Finally, Patrick put in an appearance after managing to beat the wrong end of the wood for a while! All the effort was well worthwhile, as we made sure all the traps were set up inWarwickshire and not Worcestershire. The county boundary runs through this wood and so we certainly didn’t want to be in thewrong part tonight! Although, if three of us did feel homesick we’d only have to travel a few yards to be back in our own county!We had a quality site to be at and the clouds rolled in right on time and they didn’t clear until dawn, which kept the temperature upall night. One of the locals stopped and enquired if we were some sort of extra-terrestrials! He went happily on his way when weexplained what we were up to. The mothing was excellent, and by the end we’d recorded over 1,200 moths of 173 species. Therarest thing we found though was a second county record of the large and impressive beetle Arhopalus rusticus. Patrick was hisusual ‘lightweight’ self and packed up around 2 a.m., while the rest of us didn’t head for home until 6 a.m.! We just hopedeverybody else had been as lucky as us and had a great night.

Unfortunately, one of the first stories we heard was from Martin Kennard who, after doing a stint recording at Bishop’s Hill duringthe afternoon, was looking good until….! This is what he recalls about his Blitz experience;

“After a very poor July the forecast for the end of the month looked promising. I had foolishly agreed to try Southam Quarry andafter health and safety inductions, all the PPE equipment you could think of and a tour of the site, everything seemed to be in place. Iduly arrived on site at 8.30pm to be faced by locked gates, a locked gatehouse and not a soul in sight (possibly they were in a bunkerand expecting an air-raid due to the blitz!). So thinking “this is a bit of a rum do” or words to that effect, I was faced with eitherracing across country to try Hay Wood or returning to Bishop’s Hill. As Bishop’s is only a short distance away this seemed theobvious choice. At least I knew the set up at Bishop’s and could try both ends of the site. Three traps were set up and all seemed tobe going well until I looked up and saw a clear sky – do the forecasters get anything right?! At least there was no moon to competewith but it looked like a slow and steady night ahead. Thankfully the moths didn’t let me down as they appeared unbothered by the“balmy” 9˚C and in the end I managed over 100 species (about twice what I expected in these conditions). Highlights included a couple of Barred Rivulet (new for Bishop’s and me), Chalk Carpet, White Satin, Ear Moth, Endotricha flammealis, Sitochroapalealis, and a third county site for Chionodes fumatella. So all-in-all it was a reasonable night given the circumstances – even thegarden provided 54 species upon my return (and I beat the Robin to his breakfast for once – ha! ha!). Southam will have to waitanother year….”

This is more evidence of true mothing dedication and didn’t he make the most out of a bad situation!

Chris Johnson and Stephen Howarth had a better time, although similar weather conditions. They had made their night acommunity event by collaborating with the local council and put on a great show for their enthralled human visitors. This is whatthey had to say about their night;

“The Moth Blitz event at Daffern’s Wood in Arley served two purposes. As well as contributing to the records for the Blitz, it was alsopart of a project to turn the wood into a Local Nature Reserve, one of four being set up by North Warwickshire Council. The timingwas good, as it came a few days before a community meeting to discuss plans for the reserve and a number of people attended bothevents. Having been advertised in the local newsletter, with notices at both entrances to the wood and through the local schools,turnout on the night was good. Around 20 people attended, including a few children. Light refreshments were provided, althoughmost were too interested in the moths to partake. There was also a selection of moths caught locally in the preceding days forpeople to look at before the traps were turned on. We ran three traps, two with MV lights and one actinic. Despite being a littlechilly, the moths came in well to all three, although numbers at the actinic were lower. Amongst the more notable macros were OakHook-tip, Little Emerald, Large Twin-spot Carpet, Maple Pug, Treble-bar, Dingy Shell, Magpie, Coxcomb Prominent, Buff Footmanand Least Yellow Underwing. Although not all of the micros were identified, their numbers did include Roeslerstammia erxlebella,Athrips mouffetella, Batrachedra praeangusta and several pyralids including Catoptria pinella, Orthopygia glaucinalis, Acrobasisconsociella and Phycita roborella. In total 80 species were identified on the night and the records will help ensure that the newnature reserve is a success.”

What a superb job Chris and Stephen did for the Blitz, hopefully the local community appreciate moths a little more than before.The best outcome would be the future success of the proposed nature reserve for both moths and people.

Another community event took place at Baddesley Ensor where Keith & Heather Warmington and Ron Thomas ran a trap inconjunction with the Friends of Baddesley Common, a group set up to encourage and enable environmental improvements toBaddesley Common which is just about the last remnant of heathland outside of Sutton Park. Their session wasn’t without incidentas Keith reports;

“Posters and flyers were distributed throughout the village and the event was advertised on the group’s web site(www.friendsofbaddesleycommon.org.uk) so a reasonable turn out was anticipated. However, our first mistake was informingpeople that we would be setting up at 8 pm. By 8.30 pm a small crowd had gathered in broad daylight to see the moths! Our secondmistake was sending them off to the local pub (the Red Lion) until after dark.

A steady trickle of moths and people (the odd one or two almost sober!) arrived throughout the night and kept us occupied. Wewere encouraged by the interest of a couple of young children who seemed to be drawn to the trap in the same way moths are (seecover photo). Friends of Baddesley Common came prepared with deckchairs and bottles of wine and their interest in moths seemedto grow as the bottles emptied! At pub closing time we were treated to the spectacle of two youths, lit by mercury vapour, runningthrough the heather dressed only in their underpants, swinging their trousers above their heads and chanting “Free the BaddesleyMoths”. One lady from the village glanced up nonchalantly from the moth trap and said, “How disappointing, they didn’t evenbother to remove their underpants” - as if this was an every day occurrence! We found out later that the youths had overheard aconversation about trapping moths whilst in the Red Lion and assumed an element of cruelty was involved.

Moth highlights included a couple of heather feeding species; Narrow-winged Pug (two pristine specimens) and Aristotelia ericinella(a beautiful little micro). Also notable were Bordered White (pulled in from a nearby Scots Pine), Old Lady, Small Wainscot andSuspected.

Keith phoned me the following day to tell me about the ‘Double Streak’ attracted to his moth trap and for a split second I wasenvious that he had discovered a new moth species for Britain.

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Anna Ryder had been asked to record at Hampton Wood, which is a Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Reserve. She often visits the woodfor a wander round but had never moth trapped there. This is her account of Blitz night;

“It’s just me and husband Noel, as everybody else who threatened to come was “busy”! It’s my first time running a generatorwithout Alan, Val, Martin etc. (I call them ‘The Moth People’) so I’m hoping I can do it OK. We get to Hampton Wood and after a lotof traipsing around manage to set up three traps; a Skinner in the middle of a path, a bucket actinic in a clearing and another bucketactinic at the entrance to a more wooded area. Of course we had forgotten that we’d need another multi-plug socket board, which Ihave now added to the growing list of things I must remember not to forget! We start the genny and all the traps came on, YIPPEE!All very satisfactory and so it was time for a tea break until the moths start to accumulate. Bats flutter overhead and go diving intothe wood from the road and field. Around 10:30 p.m. we decide it’s time to look and see what we have attracted. The first thing wenotice is a huge insect that bashes straight into the trap and blunders about making a terrific racket! It turns out to be some sort ofbeetle. We see lots of Small Rivulet, which we don’t get in our garden - ever and Dun-bar, which we do and then Acleris e-mar-ga-na (as I call ‘em!). This was one of the first micros introduced to me during my early moth nights spent with ‘The Moth People’. Wealso spot two hornets, which we put in pots and they buzz loudly attempting to get out. Nearby where we’d put one trap there was aloud kerfuffle all night. We suspected baby Tawny Owls were behind the squawking and squealing. We also saw loads of small blackground beetles on the path and at one of the actinic traps Harvestmen appeared to be surrounding it. They looked like somethingout of a horror movie as they inched relentlessly forward towards the trap. Noel starts drifting off to sleep at his regular hour butstill managed to help identify unfamiliar moths from the book. He proves invaluable as I ask “Can you check if this is a Poplar Grey,please?” and after thumbing through the book the reply is “Yes it is.” And I say “Thank You.” He’s not a bad assistant consideringthis is his first moth night ‘in the field’!

We spend ages going through the ID process before having a look at the actinics. You can only see what’s on the outside so it’salways exciting to wonder what might be lurking inside when you open it properly. This time it’s July Highflyer, Yellow-tail, WhiteSatin and mating Dingy Footman! It doesn’t take as much time recording the actinics. Other wonderfully named species we comeacross are Oak Hook-tip, Maiden’s Blush, Black Arches, Dusky Sallow, Gold Triangle and a slightly battered Scarce Silver-lines. Ididn’t mind that it wasn’t perfect as I’d never seen this species before! Just as I think everything is going swimmingly the Skinnerbulb dims and goes off. The two actinics are fine though! We scuttle around trying to find the problem - check petrol, cables etc. Iunplug the Skinner, press the reset button and miraculously everything is running again. This happens a couple more times beforewe theorise that it may be condensation due to the plummeting temperature causing the cut-out switch to trigger. Taking off thesoggy plastic bag around the plug does the trick.

Time goes extremely fast and it’s now 1 a.m. and so a warming cuppa and then count-up is the plan, as the moth arrivals haveslowed down due to the drop in temperature. Looking up we see the sky is full of stars and looks beautiful. It’s actually verydifferent being in a wood at night and feels mystical. We talk about all the other moth people out tonight doing the Blitz and hownice it is to think they’re all doing the same thing - finding moths in Warwickshire and counting them. This is a great idea and it’sabout getting new people involved, finding a new place to record, getting you friends to come along or whatever you want it to be. Ithink it is a real and meaningful connection to our planet as well. Together with all these records coinciding for one particular nightthe whole thing feels invaluable. It was getting late and my mind wandered into thinking, what if we could all link up somehow andfind out how everyone else who’s mothing is doing right now… Anyway, counting up took ages even though we are not properlycounting the micros. I don’t know how people do it! We count as many as we can and take a few home to try and get a properidentification. Noel does an excellent job of packing up the Skinner while I slowly count the actinics. However, when I eventually askNoel to switch off the genny I forgot that I hadn’t told him how to and without a proper torch he struggled! “It’s near the bottom onthe left” I say over and over until I realise, no it’s not that left but the other left! Right! Finally, peace is restored to the wood as thenoise of the genny subsides and we finish packing up. We get home at 4 a.m. and Noel collapses into bed immediately, but I’m eagerto look up a couple of moths. I haven’t seen a yellow Drinker before so maybe it’s not one? OK, it is a Drinker-but a female. Wellthat’s another thing I’ve learned and after looking at a few others I give up. The thing about all this that I find exciting is justwatching the moths come in to the traps and then finding out what they are. If I don’t know then I can find out from all these other‘Moth People’ that are doing the same thing. Moths are in a fascinating hidden world and everything to do with them is interesting,such as, foodplants, environment, weather conditions, working a generator, sorting out your place to record and other moth people.It all makes me think I will always be doing this now in some way.”

What an enjoyable and thought provoking perspective of what taking part in the Blitz meant. I’m sure she wasn’t alone in some ofher sentiments.

Some other snippets from the night included Caroline Irwin attempting to show her husband a Copper Underwing that was tooquick for her. She spent a while searching the garage before recapturing the little blighter! Alan Cook was plagued by a squawkingBarn Owl that showed great interest in the contents of his trap. Alan’s presence was probably a great irritation, as the owl could seesome tasty morsels but couldn’t get at them.

I leave the last words for the two Johns (Bates and Hoyle) who recorded at Whitacre Heath. They reported that the only funnythings they encountered were the two poor, weary old men with aching knees that were running the moth traps.

The “spirit of the Blitz” is alive and well in Warwickshire. Every person who submitted records deserves grateful thanks for the timeand trouble they took to take part in an event that I was and am extremely proud to have been a part of.

B & F Species Name Status

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15 Orange Swift Common 2 2 1 10 1 16

40 Bohemannia pulverosella Common – 0

42 Ectoedemia septembrella Common 1 1

63 Stigmella lemniscella Common – 0

73 Stigmella trimaculella Common – 0

88 Stigmella samiatella Local 1 1

98 Stigmella catharticella Local – 0

111 Stigmella microtheriella Common – 0

169 Six-spot Burnet Common 16 1 5 22

216 Cork Moth Common 1 1

219 Nemapogon ruricolella Nb 1 1

263 Apple Leaf Miner Common 13 13

266 Bucculatrix nigricomella Local 1 1

286 Caloptilia alchimiella Common 1 1

294 Aspilapteryx tringipennella Common 1 1

304 Parornix devoniella Common 2 – 2

305 Parornix scoticella Common 1 1

308 Parornix finitimella Common 2 2

309 Deltaornix torquillella Common 1 1

310 Callisto denticulella Common – 0

315 Phyllonorycter harrisella Common 1 1 2

320 Phyllonorycter quercifoliella Common 1 1

342 Phyllonorycter coryli Common 1 – 1

353 Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella Common 2 2

359 Phyllonorycter nicellii Common – 0

366 Phyllonorycter sagitella pRDB2 1 1

366a Cameraria ohridella Common 1 1 2

368 Phyllocnistis unipunctella Common – 0

382 Six-belted Clearwing Nb 2 2

410 Argyresthia brockeella Common 1 1 2

411 Argyresthia goedartella Common 16 1 1 2 1 21

421 Argyresthia bonnetella Common 1 1

424 Yponomeuta evonymella Common 4 6 1 2 1 14

425 Yponomeuta padella Common 2 2

426 Yponomeuta malinellus Local 2 4 6

435 Zelleria hepariella Local 1 1

441 Paraswammerdamia nebulella Common 1 1

447 Roeslerstammia erxlebella Local 1 1

449 Prays fraxinella Common 3 1 4

453 Honeysuckle moth Common 2 3 1 1 1 8

455 Ypsolopha scabrella Common 3 1 1 1 2 8

460 Ypsolopha parenthesella Common 2 2

464 Diamond-back Moth Migrant 5 1 1 7

490 Coleophora lutipennella Common 3 3 1 7

492 Coleophora flavipennella Common 9 9

493 Coleophora serratella Common 3 3

494 Coleophora coracipennella Local 3 3

504 Coleophora lusciniaepennella Common 1 1

516 Coleophora trifolii Local 4 4

517 Coleophora alcyonipennella Local 1 1

518 Coleophora mayrella Common 1 1


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523 Coleophora hemerobiella Local 1 1

526 Coleophora laricella Common 1 1

553 Coleophora striatipennella Common 1 1

565 Coleophora saxicolella Local 1 1

582 Coleophora glaucicolella Common 1 1

597 Elachista atricomella Common 4 4

600 Elachista luticomella Local 1 1

607 Elachista canapennella Common 1 1 2

640 Batia lunaris Common 1 1

642 Batia unitella Common 4 1 5

647 Brown House-moth Common 1 1 1 2 5

648 White-shouldered House-moth Common 1 1

656 Ruddy Streak Local 1 1

658 Carcina quercana Common 11 2 6 3 12 1 1 36

674 Depressaria badiella Local 2 2

688 Agonopterix heracliana Common 1 1

695 Agonopterix alstromeriana Common 1 1

709 Agonopterix liturosa Local 1 2 3

726 Metzneria metzneriella Common 1 1

731 Eulamprotes atrella Local 10 1 11

752 Aristotelia ericinella Local 1 1

762 Athrips mouffetella Common 5 1 6

765 Teleiodes vulgella Common 1 1

782 Bryotropha senectella Local 1 1

787 Bryotropha terrella Common 1 4 2 3 10

790 Chionodes fumatella Nb 6 6

802a Gelechia sororculella Local 1 1 2

806 Gelechia nigra Na 1 1

819 Scrobipalpa costella Common 1 1

843 Aproaerema anthyllidella Local 3 3

858 Hypatima rhomboidella Common 2 2 4

866 Brachmis blandella Common 1 1

868 Helcystogramma rufescens Common 2 2

870 Oegoconia quadripuncta Common 2 2

873 Blastobasis adustella Common 31 1 1 33

874 Blastobasis lacticolella Common 4 2 6

878 Batrachedra praeangusta Common 3 2 1 6

898 Limnaecia phragmitella Common 1 1

905 Blastodacna hellerella Common 1 1 2

936 Cochylimorpha straminea Common 1 2 3

937 Agapeta hamana Common 2 8 1 6 17

938 Agapeta zoegana Common 11 11

947 Aethes smeathmanniana Common 1 1

965 Cochylis hybridella Local 9 9

966 Cochylis atricapitana Common 2 2

969 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Common 5 1 2 1 9

970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Common 2 2

971 Pandemis cinnamomeana Common 5 5

972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Common 6 2 3 1 12

989 Timothy Tortrix Common 1 1

993 Clepsis spectrana Common 2 2


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994 Clepsis consimilana Common 1 1 2

1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus Common 4 4

1010 Red-barred Tortrix Common 12 12

1016 Cnephasia longana Common 1 1 2

1020x Cnephasia sp. – 2 2 4

1020 Cnephasia stephensiana Common 3 1 4

1021 Cnephasia asseclana Common 1 1 2

1023 Cnephasia genitalana Local 1 1

1036 Acleris forsskaleana Common 4 2 1 3 1 2 13

1038 Acleris laterana Common 8 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 21

1038x Acleris laterana/comariana – 1 2 3

1043 Acleris aspersana Common 3 3

1044x Acleris ferrugana/notana Common 2 2

1047 Acleris schalleriana Local – 0

1048 Garden Rose Tortrix Common 1 1 2 2 1 1 8

1062 Acleris emargana Common 4 1 5

1063 Celypha striana Common 1 5 1 1 8

1076 Celypha lacunana Common 2 2

1086 Hedya salicella Common 4 1 5

1093 Apotomis betuletana Common 43 1 6 50

1094 Apotomis capreana Local 1 1

1099 Endothenia marginana Common 1 1

1113 Eudemis profundana Common 1 1

1126 Ancylis badiana Common 2 2

1134 Epinotia ramella Common 2 2

1155 Epinotia brunnichana Common 11 1 12

1159 Rhopobota naevana Common 3 1 1 4 2 11

1165 Zeiraphera isertana Common 4 4

1168 Gypsonoma sociana Common 3 1 4

1169 Gypsonoma dealbana Common 4 1 5

1175 Bramble Shoot Moth Common 1 1 2 4

1178 Epiblema roborana Common 3 3

1179 Epiblema incarnatana Nb 1 1

1187 Epiblema costipuncta Common 1 1

1197 Eucosma campoliliana Common 1 1

1200 Eucosma hohenwartiana Common 48 48

1201 Eucosma cana Common 3 11 14

1205 Spilonota ocellana Common 1 2 3

1211 Rhyacionia pinicolana Common 2 2

1219 Lathronympha strigana Common 4 4

1260 Cydia splendana Common 5 11 3 2 21

1261 Codling Moth Common 1 4 4 5 14

1274 Dichrorampha alpinana Local 1 1

1279 Dichrorampha acuminatana Local 3 3

1288 Twenty-plume Moth Common 1 1 3 3 8

1292 Calamotropha paludella Local 1 1

1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Common 4 34 12 20 1 2 1 1 11 4 1 91

1294 Crambus pascuella Common 40 7 1 2 8 2 1 10 71

1301 Crambus lathoniellus Common 18 18

1302 Crambus perlella Common 2 17 8 27

1304 Agriphila straminella Common 343 80 28 6 1 25 9 18 4 77 10 1 602


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1305 Agriphila tristella Common 29 5 56 1 1 10 6 2 110

1306 Agriphila inquinatella Common 2 14 6 22

1313 Catoptria pinella Common 5 1 1 2 1 1 11

1316 Catoptria falsella Common 2 1 3

1331 Water Veneer Common 1 1 16 18

1332 Scoparia subfusca Common 2 2

1334 Scoparia ambigualis Common 1 1 2

1338 Dipleurina lacustrata Common 12 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 32

1340 Eudonia truncicolella Common 1 1

1344 Eudonia mercurella Common 1 3 9 11 3 12 1 1 1 1 43

1348 Ringed China-mark Common 1 1

1356 Garden Pebble Common 2 1 3

1358 Evergestis pallidata Common 1 1

1361 Pyrausta aurata Common 1 1 1 1 4

1362 Pyrausta purpuralis Common 7 7

1370 Sitochroa palealis Local 1 1

1378 Spotted Magpie Common 1 2 1 4

1388 Udea lutealis Common 3 36 5 2 2 3 51

1390 Udea prunalis Common 13 3 5 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 35

1395 Rusty-dot Pearl Migrant 4 4

1405 Mother of Pearl Common 10 2 5 4 8 7 3 1 7 3 2 7 1 1 3 64

1413 Gold Triangle Common 4 1 1 1 7

1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis Common 1 1 1 3

1417 Meal Moth Common 1 1 2

1424 Endotrichia flammealis Common 1 1

1436 Conobathra repandana Common 6 6

1437 Acrobasis consociella Local 2 3 5

1439 Trachycera advenella Common 1 10 1 1 1 14

1452 Phycita roborella Common 12 1 1 1 1 2 18

1458 Thistle Ermine Common 7 7

1470 Euzophera pinguis Common 1 1 2

1483 Phycitodes binaevella Common 1 1 2

1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Common 1 1 2

1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla Common 1 1

1524 Emmelina monodactyla Common 2 2

1526 Small Skipper Common 3 12 15

1546 Brimstone Common 2 2

1549 Large White Common 1 4 5

1550 Small White Common 4 4

1551 Green-veined White Common 2 9 11

1557 Purple Hairstreak Common 2 2

1561 Small Copper Local 1 1

1569 Small Blue Local 6 6

1572 Brown Argus Local 4 4

1574 Common Blue Common 15 15

1580 Holly Blue Common 1 1

1597 Peacock Common 1 1 1 3

1598 Comma Common 1 1

1614 Speckled Wood Common 1 2 3

1625 Gatekeeper Common 10 30 40

1626 Meadow Brown Common 21 1 22


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1627 Small Heath Local 4 4 8

1637 OAK EGGAR Common 1 1

1640 DRINKER Common 15 3 1 1 20

1645 SCALLOPED HOOK-TIP Common 2 1 3

1646 OAK HOOK-TIP Common 5 2 1 1 2 11

1648 PEBBLE HOOK-TIP Common 3 1 5 9

1651 CHINESE CHARACTER Common 1 1

1652 PEACH BLOSSOM Common 1 1 2

1653 BUFF ARCHES Common 1 1 1 1 1 1 6

1665 GRASS EMERALD Common 2 2

1666 LARGE EMERALD Common 1 1 2

1669 COMMON EMERALD Common 1 1

1673 SMALL EMERALD Local 1 1 1 1 4

1674 LITTLE EMERALD Common 1 1

1680 MAIDEN'S BLUSH Local 1 1 2 4

1682 BLOOD-VEIN Common 1 1 1 3

1690 SMALL BLOOD-VEIN Common 1 2 3

1702 SMALL FAN-FOOTED WAVE Common 39 2 12 1 10 2 1 67

1707 SMALL DUSTY WAVE Common 2 2

1708 SINGLE-DOTTED WAVE Common 7 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 24

1712 SMALL SCALLOP Local 2 2 1 5

1713 RIBAND WAVE Common 38 12 20 20 6 15 14 12 6 18 1 18 6 13 11 6 2 2 1 6 10 11 3 1 252

1715 PLAIN WAVE Local 3 3

1722 FLAME CARPET Common 2 1 1 1 1 6

1724 RED TWIN-SPOT CARPET Common 10 9 1 6 7 1 2 36

1725 DARK-BARRED TWIN-SPOT CARPET Common 1 1 2

1726 LARGE TWIN-SPOT CARPET Local 12 1 2 15

1728 GARDEN CARPET Common 1 1 1 3

1731 CHALK CARPET Nb 6 6

1732 SHADED BROAD-BAR Common 1 1 10 2 2 1 2 2 21

1738 COMMON CARPET Common 5 16 7 13 5 2 2 1 2 5 1 3 3 4 2 71

1742 YELLOW SHELL Common 5 1 1 1 8

1752 PURPLE BAR Common 1 1 2

1754 PHEONIX Common 2 2

1759 SMALL PHOENIX Common 3 1 15 2 1 5 1 28

1777 JULY HIGHFLYER Common 46 1 30 5 2 3 2 3 92

1792 DARK UMBER Local 1 1

1802 RIVULET Common 1 1

1803 SMALL RIVULET Common 4 3 7 65 4 5 1 2 91

1804 BARRED RIVULET Local 2 2

1811 SLENDER PUG Common 2 2

1812 MAPLE PUG Local 3 2 5 2 1 1 14

1825 LIME-SPECK PUG Common 1 4 2 1 1 1 10

1830 WORMWOOD PUG Common 1 2 1 4

1839 BORDERED PUG Common 1 1

1846 NARROW-WINGED PUG Common 2 2

1851 GOLDEN-ROD PUG Local 1 1 2

1858 V-PUG Common 2 2

1862 DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG Common 1 5 1 1 8

1867 TREBLE-BAR Common 1 1 1 1 4

1868 LESSER TREBLE-BAR Common 50 50


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1874 DINGY SHELL Local 6 6

1883 YELLOW-BARRED BRINDLE Local 2 2

1884 MAGPIE MOTH Common 1 16 1 1 4 1 1 25

1887 CLOUDED BORDER Common 3 1 1 6 1 12

1888 SCORCHED CARPET Local 1 1

1894 LATTICED HEATH Common 1 1

1902 BROWN SILVER-LINE Common 1 1

1906 BRIMSTONE MOTH Common 3 1 4 10 2 5 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 36

1907 BORDERED BEAUTY Common 1 1 2

1912 AUGUST THORN Local 1 1 2

1913 CANARY-SHOULDERED THORN Common 2 2

1914 DUSKY THORN Common 2 1 3

1915 SEPTEMBER THORN Common 2 3 1 6

1917 EARLY THORN Common 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 17

1919 PURPLE THORN Common 2 2

1921 SCALLOPED OAK Common 3 1 4 2 2 2 14

1931 PEPPERED MOTH Common 2 2 1 1 1 7

1937 WILLOW BEAUTY Common 7 10 6 2 1 11 5 3 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 2 72

1941 MOTTLED BEAUTY Common 1 5 2 1 9

1947 ENGRAILED Common 3 3

1954 BORDERED WHITE Common 1 1

1955 COMMON WHITE WAVE Common 1 2 4 2 9

1956 COMMON WAVE Common 1 1

1961 LIGHT EMERALD Common 4 12 5 21

1981 POPLAR HAWK-MOTH Common 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 14

1984 HUMMINGBIRD HAWK-MOTH Migrant 1 1

1997 SALLOW KITTEN Common 2 3 1 5 1 12

2000 IRON PROMINENT Common 4 1 6 1 1 4 1 18

2003 PEBBLE PROMINENT Common 5 1 2 1 8 1 18

2006 LESSER SWALLOW PROMINENT Common 1 3 8 4 1 1 1 19

2007 SWALLOW PROMINENT Common 17 4 1 3 1 1 27

2008 COXCOMB PROMINENT Common 1 2 1 1 5

2011 PALE PROMINENT Common 1 5 1 5 1 1 4 18

2019 CHOCOLATE-TIP Local 2 2

2030 YELLOW-TAIL Common 14 22 3 6 9 1 1 1 1 58

2031 WHITE SATIN Local 1 3 1 2 1 1 9

2033 BLACK ARCHES Local 33 80 8 121

2044 DINGY FOOTMAN Common 23 25 4 2 1 2 22 3 5 2 2 1 92

2047 SCARCE FOOTMAN Local 4 1 6 1 84 4 4 1 1 106

2049 BUFF FOOTMAN Local 8 6 5 8 3 2 1 2 1 36

2050 COMMON FOOTMAN Common 18 31 2 2 11 2 4 5 16 1 1 1 2 2 3 101

2061 BUFF ERMINE Common 1 1 2 1 1 6

2064 RUBY TIGER Common 8 22 3 10 3 4 6 4 6 2 2 2 1 73

2089 HEART & DART Common 2 6 14 2 3 6 1 5 1 1 9 4 6 2 2 6 3 1 2 1 77

2091 DARK SWORD-GRASS Migrant 1 1

2092 SHUTTLE-SHAPED DART Common 3 12 1 6 1 2 9 1 18 16 14 2 2 5 4 1 3 7 2 109

2102 FLAME SHOULDER Common 5 2 1 10 1 2 3 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 39

2107 LARGE YELLOW UNDERWING Common 27 3 4 12 8 7 12 4 1 1 1 1 9 3 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 106

2109 LESSER YELLOW UNDERWING Common 3 5 12 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 35

2110 BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING Common 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 14

2111 LESSER BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING Common 29 10 16 6 2 13 5 5 4 4 5 5 1 4 7 4 1 1 6 6 7 2 1 1 145


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2112 LEAST YELLOW UNDERWING Common 1 1 1 1 4

2118 TRUE LOVER'S KNOT Common 82 5 87

2123 SMALL SQUARE-SPOT Common 1 1

2126 SETACEOUS HEBREW CHARACTER Common 3 3 3 1 25 2 2 1 2 42

2127 TRIPLE-SPOTTED CLAY Local 1 1

2128 DOUBLE SQUARE-SPOT Common 2 6 4 9 1 2 1 25

2132 NEGLECTED RUSTIC Local 1 1

2133 SIX-STRIPED RUSTIC Common 1 1 2

2134 SQUARE-SPOT RUSTIC Common 1 1 2

2136 GOTHIC Local 2 1 1 4

2145 NUTMEG Common 1 1

2154 CABBAGE MOTH Common 1 1 1 3

2155 DOT MOTH Common 1 1 2

2160 BRIGHT-LINE BROWN-EYE Common 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 13

2173 LYCHNIS Common 1 1 2

2176 ANTLER MOTH Common 29 3 4 3 2 41

2192 BROWN-LINE BRIGHT-EYE Common 11 3 1 15

2193 CLAY Common 5 10 2 4 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 39

2198 SMOKY WAINSCOT Common 6 41 1 6 4 1 2 10 1 6 1 79

2199 COMMON WAINSCOT Common 2 35 1 2 1 41

2205 SHOULDER-STRIPED WAINSCOT Common 3 3

2258 CHESTNUT Common 1 1

2268 SUSPECTED Local 1 1

2278 POPLAR GREY Common 1 1 2 3 1 1 9

2284x GREY/DARK DAGGER Common 1 1 1 4 7

2289 KNOT GRASS Common 1 1 1 1 4

2293 MARBLED BEAUTY Common 1 6 2 1 10

2297x COPPER UNDERWING sp. Common 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7

2299 MOUSE MOTH Common 1 5 6

2300 OLD LADY Local 1 1 1 3

2303 STRAW UNDERWING Common 14 4 1 2 6 2 3 3 12 7 2 56

2312 OLIVE Local 9 1 1 1 12

2314 DINGY SHEARS Local 1 1

2318 DUN-BAR Common 30 4 3 12 4 12 26 17 1 9 1 11 1 2 2 3 2 1 141

2319 LUNAR-SPOTTED PINION Local 2 2

2321 DARK ARCHES Common 12 116 31 12 8 9 1 30 6 13 3 4 11 18 26 19 24 19 5 2 4 8 2 3 4 1 1 392

2336 DOUBLE LOBED Local 2 2

2337x Marbled Minor sp. – 1 1 1 4 1 1 9

2341 CLOAKED MINOR Common 1 10 2 2 5 1 2 23

2342 ROSY MINOR Common 1 1

2343x Common/Lesser Common Rustic Common 26 24 10 21 5 40 8 13 11 17 43 29 2 6 6 1 2 3 20 4 6 2 299

2343 COMMON RUSTIC Common 1 1

2345 SMALL DOTTED BUFF Common 3 3

2350 SMALL WAINSCOT Common 1 1

2352 DUSKY SALLOW Common 4 92 3 1 100

2360 EAR MOTH Common 1 1

2361 ROSY RUSTIC Common 1 13 1 1 16

2369 BULRUSH WAINSCOT Common 2 2 4

2371 BROWN-VEINED WAINSCOT Local 1 1

2375 LARGE WAINSCOT Common 1 1

2379 SMALL RUFOUS Local 1 1


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2381 UNCERTAIN Common 9 4 17 10 4 1 10 11 5 5 2 10 27 5 5 3 3 2 6 139

2382 RUSTIC Common 29 5 2 15 7 1 2 1 7 7 76

2384 VINE'S RUSTIC Local 1 1 1 3

2387 MOTTLED RUSTIC Common 1 1 1 3

2389 PALE MOTTLED WILLOW Common 1 1 2

2421 SCARCE SILVER-LINES Local 1 1 2

2437 GOLDEN PLUSIA Common 1 1

2441 SILVER Y Migrant 1 1 2

2450 SPECTACLE Common 2 1 3

2469 HERALD Common 1 1

2473 BEAUTIFUL HOOK-TIP Local 3 4 7

2474 STRAW DOT Common 4 10 2 1 4 1 1 23

2475 WAVED BLACK Nb 4 4

2477 SNOUT Common 1 1 5 2 2 11

2489 FAN-FOOT Common 2 3 1 6

2492 SMALL FAN-FOOT Common 1 1 2

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N. Bacchus, J. Balls, J. Bates, R. Bliss, D.C.G. Brown, P. Cashmore, P. Clement, J. Conchar, A. Cook, D. Cox, L. & R. Dinsdale, J. Eagleton, S England, D.J. & P. Hall, J. Harris,

H. Harvey. P. Hodges, S. Howarth, J. Hoyle, D. Hutton, C. Irwin, C.D. Johnson, M. Kennard, R. Ledbury, R. Mays, R. Orton, B & J. Oswin, P. Nicholas, C. Pettitt, D. Porter, A. Prior,

T. Reece, C. Roberts, A. Ryder, T. Scott, I. Segawa, J. Sirrett, M.J. Slater, N. Stone, S.D Taylor, R.J. Thomas, P. Thompson, R. Tyler, S. Valentine, A.T. Visick, R. Ward,

K & H. Warmington, A & M. West, V. Weston

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