TORTRIX MOTHS (TORTRICIDAE) (continued)
Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella - 14 in the garden between 22nd May and 6th June 2019 and 12 between 8th May and 2nd June 2020, both a bit below average. Elsewhere one at the meadows in 2019 and one at Frost's Common in 2020.
Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella - 14 in the garden between 22nd May and 6th June 2019 and 12 between 8th May and 2nd June 2020, both a bit below average. Elsewhere one at the meadows in 2019 and one at Frost's Common in 2020.
Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatelle, North Elmham, 22nd May 2019
Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatelle, North Elmham, 8th May 2020
Bramble Shoot Notocelia uddmanniana - 7 in the garden between 24th June and 6th July 2019 and 6 between 13th June and 2nd July 2020, which are about average. Elsewhere 2 at the meadows and singles at Bintree Wood, Whitwell Street (on the later date of 3rd September 2020) and Weybourne.
Bramble Shoot Notocelia uddmanniana, North Elmham Cathedtral Meadows, 7th July 2019
Bramble Shoot Notocelia uddmanniana, Bintree Wood, 13th June 2020
Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana - One trapped in the garden on 23rd July 2019 and 3 between 18th June and 30th July 2020. I average 3 a year and 2019 was the first year I only caught one. I used to get them at my previous house in Bawdeswell too but so far I've never found one anywhere else.
Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana, North Elmham, 23rd July 2019
Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana, North Elmham, 18th June 2020
Common Rose Bell Notocelia rosaecolona - None. I've not found this species anywhere yet but it's fairly widespread, if a little scarce, so wouldn't be very surprising round here. Some WhatsApp discussion about this species' identification in 2020 made me realise I had misremembered or somehow got confused about one of the characters and it's therefore possible that I've overlooked one or two in the past. There are one or two "trimaculana" that I've photographed which in hindsight I wish I'd retained to check, although I think they probably are just trimaculana.
Triple-blotched Bell Notocelia trimaculana - Totals of 16 here between 24th May and 29th June 2019 and 13 between 19th May and 5th July 2020, my worst years for them (they average 26 a year). Also recorded at the meadows and in Keswick.
Triple-blotched Bell Notocelia trimaculana, North Elmham, 24th June 2019
male Triple-blotched Bell Notocelia trimaculana, North Elmham, 20th May 2020
male Triple-blotched Bell Notocelia trimaculana, North Elmham, 26th May 2020
Dark Pine Shoot Pseudococcyx posticana - None. I've never seen this species but it seems to be quite widespread in Norfolk, if thin on the ground.
Pine Bud Moth Pseudococcyx turionella - None. I've not found this species locally but there's no reason why it shouldn't occur round here.
Pine Leaf-mining Moth Clavigesta purdeyi - One in the garden trap on 26th July 2020, the 4th year in 6 that I've seen it here. None here in 2019 but one in next door's garden on 8th August. Also one at Swanton Great Wood on 27th August 2019 and one at Bintree Wood on 24th July 2020. Stunning little moths.
Pine Leaf-mining Moth Clavigesta purdeyi, North Elmham, 8th August 2019
Pine Leaf-mining Moth Clavigesta purdeyi, Swanton Great Wood, 27th August 2019
Pine Leaf-mining Moth Clavigesta purdeyi, Swanton Great Wood, 26th July 2020
Pine Shoot Rhyacionia buoliana - None. I am yet to find this species anywhere but it's pretty widespread so probably occurs round here somewhere.
Orange-spotted Shoot Rhyacionia pinicolana - One caught in the garden on 25th July 2019, my third record here (2 together in 2016, one in 2018). Also one at Swanton Great Wood on 27th August. None in 2020.
Orange-spotted Shoot Rhyacionia pinicolana, North Elmham, 25th July 2019
Spotted Shoot Rhyacionia pinivorana - One in the garden moth trap on 18th May 2020 was only my second here and first since 2015. The only one I found in 2019 was at Carsaig on Mull on 11th June and it turned out to be a new moth for the island! Apparently there was an old record for the vice county that didn't specify the location - odds are that was on Mull too but that can't be assumed. Actually I was a bit disappointed because I had been hoping mine would turn out to be an Elgin Shoot Rhyacionia logaea, a species that I've never seen but does occur on Mull, but perhaps I should be satisfied enough that it was a useful 'first' record anyway. Also one at Hills and Holes on 21st May 2020.
male Spotted Shoot Rhyacionia pinivorana, Carsaig, 11th June 2019 - the first for Mull
Spotted Shoot Rhyacionia pinivorana, North Elmham, 18th May 2020
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