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A diary of my mothing activity covering highlights and photos from my moth trapping activities. Mainly Norfolk (UK), occasionally beyond. I may mention other wildlife sightings here, especially insects, but for birds see my birding diary.
Showing posts with label Least Caroet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Least Caroet. Show all posts

Friday, 4 September 2015

Leaf-miners and Narrow-winged Pug

New for the year for home on 8th August were Beech Midget Phyllonorycter maestingella, Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella and Narrow-winged Pug, the latter a species I've only ever encountered on heather heathland before, albeit sometimes then in good numbers.

Beech Midget Phyllonorycter maesingella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 8th August


Narrow-winged Pug, North Elmham, 8th August


Another species that sounds like it should be a heathland species from its common name is, in fact, not, but still one I don't see often: Heath Marble Endothenia ericetana.

Heath Marble Endothenia ericetana, North Elmham, 8th August


Plenty of other micros too: Bird’s-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella, 4 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, Woundwort Case-bearer Coleophora lineolea, Little Dwarf Elachista canapennella, Small Dingy Tubic Borkhausenia fuscescens, Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 4 Dark Groundlings Bryotropha affinis, Cinereous Groundling Bryotropha terrella, House Groundling Bryotropha domestica, Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella, London Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella, Hawthorn Cosmet Blastodacna hellerella, 2 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrices Pandemis heparana, Maple Button Acleris forsskaleana, White-triangle Button Acleris holmiana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, 2 Holly Tortrices Rhopobota naevana, Cock's-head Bell Zeiraphera isertana, Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana, 3 Marbled Piercers Cydia splendana, Many-plumed Moth Alucita hexadactyla, Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella, 32 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, 35 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, Pearl Grass-veneer Catoptria pinella, 3 Chequered Grass-veneers Catoptria falsella, 2 Small Greys Eudonia mercurella, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, 5 Garden Pebbles Evergestis forficalis, 2 Pale Straw Pearls Udea lutealis, 9 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis, 6 Rosy Tabbies Endotricha flammealis and 4 Grey Knot-horns Acrobasis advenella.

 A good variety of macros too: 3 Pebble Hook-tips, Chinese Character, Large Emerald, Blood-vein, Least Carpet, 7 Single-dotted Waves, 14 Riband Waves, 4 Red Twin-spot Carpets, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, Shaded Broad-bar, Common Carpet, Yellow Shell, July Highflyer, Tawny Speckled Pug, Clouded Border, Scorched Carpet, 6 Willow Beauties, 2 Poplar Hawkmoths, 4 Pebble Prominents, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Coxcomb Prominent, Chocolate-tip, Yellow-tail, 2 Rosy Footmen, 15 Dingy Footmen, 5 Scarce Footmen, 3 Common Footmen, Ruby Tiger, Heart and Dart, Flame Shoulder, Lesser Yellow Underwing, 12 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings, Double Square-spot, 2 Six-striped Rustics, Lychnis, Smoky Wainscot, Dun-bar, 2 Dark Arches, 4 Common Rustics, 2 Lesser Common Rustics, 2 Dusky Sallows, 2 Flounced Rustics, 5 Uncertains, Rustic, Nut-tree Tussock, 3 Spectacles and Straw Dot.

 Least Carpet, North Elmham, 8th August


Lesser Common Rustic (male, gen det), North Elmham, 8th August