More New Torts?

Just a couple of days after adding Epinotia signatana to the garden list, and I now have another two interesting looking torts that will need formal det and are likely to be garden firsts.

One from 04/07/2017 is possibly Epinotia cinereana - a relatively new split having been previously considered as a form of Epinotia nisella. I've got a few garden records of E. nisella in July, although all from mid-July onwards and none this early in the month. Doubt I've seen the as-was E. nisella f. cinereana before - think all my records would be of the classically marked forms. Currently appears to be no formally confirmed records of E. cinereana from VC55.

Putative Epinotia cinereana - gen det pending
Post-script - confirmed (sadly!) as Epinotia nisella by gen. det.

The other one from last night is something else altogether. It's big (c24mm wingspan), and so worn that really I have no firm idea as to what it could be, although the apparent trace of a reticulated pattern with a couple of darker areas, along with the orangey/yellow head, are reminiscent of the recent adventive Gravitarmata margarotana. One that will need a get regardless!

A big bald tortrix
post-script - confirmed as Lozotaeniodes formosana by gen. det.

Otherwise, here's a few recent micros to fill the post up ....

Argyresthia brockeella

Tinea trinotella

Oegoconia quadripuncta - confirmed by gen. det.

Carcina quercana

Brachmia blandella

Caloptilia stigmatella

Thursday 21st Round Two - From The Garden Trap

After the birding yesterday, and before I headed out for some mothing at Cossington, I sorted out the garden traps. Garden mothing over the last few days has produced 17 firsts for the year bringing the garden yearlist up to 61, but numbers of individuals are still quite low. Only Wednesday night produced a reasonable catch total. Summaries as follows:

18/04/2011
Total catch 12 of 8sp.
(125W MV 7 of 5; 160W blended 5 of 3)
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1747 Streamer (Anticlea derivata) 1
1835 White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria) 1 (NFY)
1853 Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata) 2
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 2
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1 (NFY)
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 2
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 2

Brimstone Moth

19/04/2011 - to lit window
0697 Agonopterix arenella 1 (NFY)

20/04/2011
Total catch 40 of 20sp.
(125W MV 23 of 14; 160W blended 17 of 14)
0247 Tinea trinotella 2 (NFY)
0544 Coleophora albicosta 1 (NFY)
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 1 (NFY)
0667 Semioscopis steinkellneriana 2
0697 Agonopterix arenella 1
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 1 (NFY)
1648 Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria) 2 (NFY)
1651 Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata) 2 (NFY)
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 3 (NFY)
1747 Streamer (Anticlea derivata) 2
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1 (NFY)
1835 White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria) 1
1852 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 2
1853 Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata) 3
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata) 1 (NFY)
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 2
2063 Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) 1 (NFY)
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 2 (NFY)
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 9

Tinea trinotella

White-shouldered House Moth - incidentally I always write ensar for this in the notebook as it is the short cut for recording in MapMate (as in ENdrosis SARcitrella)

Pebble-hook Tip - by far the earliest for the garden and only 7 previous individuals, all singles in different years, so getting two in one night is unusual

Chinese Character

Yellow-barred Brindle

21/04/2011
Total catch 20 of 15sp.
(125W MV 9 of 8; 160W blended 11 of 9)
0287 Caloptilia robustella 1 (NFY)
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
1747 Streamer (Anticlea derivata) 1
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1 (NFY)
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 3
1852 Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
2186 Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis) 1
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 4
2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 1
2469 Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix) 1 (NFY)

Caloptilia robustella