Birds, Leps, Observations & Generalities - the images and ramblings of Mark Skevington. Sometimes.
Showing posts with label Caloptilia elongella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caloptilia elongella. Show all posts

Sunday, 27 April 2008

From the garden trap - 26/04/2008

Total catch 32 of 15sp.
(125W MV 10 of 7sp., 80W actinic 22 of 13sp.)

One of those nights when the actinic almost 100% beats the MV on both numbers and species. Once the total catch is getting up to say 25+ species I'll just give summaries and highlights.

Caloptilia elongella 1
Phyllonorycter blancardella 1
Semioscopis steinkellneriana 1
Agonopterix heracliana 1
Scrobipalpa acuminatella 1
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 4
Emmelina monodactyla 2
Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) 1
Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata) 2
Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 5
Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 7
Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 3



Caloptilia elongella - I like this quirky group of micros


Semioscopis steinkellneriana - if ever a moth needed a vernacular name ...


Brindled Pug


Shuttle-shaped Dart