Lilac Beauty, Green Silver-lines and other nice things

Lilac Beauty is always a favourite and one on 25th June was my first of the year.  Single-dotted Wave and Rufous Minor (a gen det job) were also added to the year list that night.

Lilac Beauty, North Elmham, 25th June

Rufous Minor (male, gen det), North Elmham, 25th June

Other moths that night were London Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella, Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, 2 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 3 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana, Red Piercer Lathronympha strigana, Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella, 5 Common Greys Scoparia ambigualis, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, 4 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, False Cacao Moth Ephestia unicolorella, Buff Arches, 3 Treble Brown Spots, Silver-ground Carpet, Purple Bar, Foxglove Pug, Clouded Border, 3 Scorched Wings, 3 Brimstone Moths, 2 Peppered Moths, 6 Willow Beauties, 2 Common White Waves, Eyed Hawkmoth, Swallow Prominent, 6 Common Footmen, 2 White Ermines, 13 Buff Ermines, 5 Cinnabars, Heart and Club, Flame Shoulder, Ingrailed Clay, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2 Bright-line Brown-eyes, Clay, 7 Brown Rustics, 2 Dark Arches, Marbled Minor, Treble Lines, Uncertain, Mottled Rustic, Burnished Brass and 2 Spectacles.

Heart and Club, North Elmham, 25th June

Uncertain, North Elmham, 25th June

And if Lilac is a favourite then Green Silver-lines is even more so, and that was one of the new moths for the garden year list the following night, along with Ermine Knot-horn Phycitodes binaevella, 2 Barred Straws and Rivulet.

Green Silver-lines, North Elmham, 26th June

Barred Straw, North Elmham, 26th June

Ermine Knot-horn Phycitodes binaevella, North Elmham, 26th June

I found a Common Rush Case-bearer Coleophora alticolella in the house while others that made it to the moth trap were 2 Brown House Moths Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Sloe Flat-body Luquetia lobella, Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana, Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 9 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 10 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella, 2 Common Greys Scoparia ambigualis, 3 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, 4 Bee Moths Aphomia sociella, Common Swift, Buff Arches, 2 Treble Brown Spots, 2 Riband Waves, Silver-ground Carpet, Common Marbled Carpet, Common Pug, Grey Pug, Green Pug, Clouded Border, Scorched Wing, 3 Peppered Moths, Clouded Silver, Privet Hawkmoth, Poplar Hawkmoth, Elephant Hawkmoth, 2 Swallow Prominents, Buff-tip, 2 Common Footmen, 5 Buff Ermines, Cinnabar, 2 Heart and Darts, 4 Flames, Flame Shoulder, Large Yellow Underwing, Ingrailed Clay, Setaceous Hebrew Character, 3 Bright-line Brown-eyes, 2 Brown Rustics, 4 Dark Arches, 2 Marbled Minors, Rufous Minor, Tawny Marbled Minor, another Marbled Minor agg. that escaped the knife, Middle-barred Minor, Treble Lines, Uncertain, Mottled Rustic, Marbled White Spot, 3 Burnished Brasses, 4 Straw Dots, 6 Snouts and Small Fan-foot.

Privet Hawkmoth, North Elmham, 26th June

Rufous Minor (male, gen det), North Elmham, 26th June

Marbled Minor (male, gen det), North Elmham, 26th June

Caddisflies included Limnephilus lunatus, Limnephilus marmoratus, Limnephilus rhombicus and Mystacides longicornis.

Limnephilus rhombicus, North Elmham, 26th June

Common Emerald was the only new moth for the year in the garden on 27th, the rest being Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella, Sloe Flat-body Luquetia lobella, 3 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrices Pandemis cerasana, Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, 2 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 9 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 2 Plum Tortrixes Hedya pruniana, Triple-blotched Bell Notocelia trimaculana, 2 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 4 Common Greys Scoparia ambigualis, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, 4 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, Elder Pearl Anania coronata, White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla, Ghost Moth, Common Swift, Blood-vein, Single-dotted Wave, 3 Riband Waves, Barred Straw, Mottled Pug, Common Pug, Clouded Border, Scorched Wing, 2 Peppered Moths, Willow Beauty, 2 Mottled Beauties, Common White Wave, Clouded Silver, Poplar Hawkmoth, Eyed Hawkmoth, Elephant Hawkmoth, Swallow Prominent, 2 Pale Prominents, Buff-tip, 2 Common Footmen, 2 White Ermines, 11 Buff Ermines, 5 Cinnabars, Heart and Club, 6 Heart and Darts, Large Yellow Underwing, Ingrailed Clay, Brown Rustic, Dark Arches, Middle-barred Minor, 2 Uncertains, 2 Burnished Brasses, 2 Spectacles, Straw Dot and 3 Snouts.

Elder Pearl Anania coronata, North Elmham, 27th June

Eyed Hawkmoth, North Elmham, 27th June

Dark Arches, North Elmham, 27th June