Clay Triple-lines and a new springtail

After a good night at the meadows on 15th June it was a bit disappointing not to catch a great many moths at home.  Of just 35 species Common Rush Case-bearer Coleophora alticolella, Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, Straw Grass-veneer (formerly Pearl Veneer) Agriphila straminella and Smoky Wainscot were new for the year.

Common Rush Case-bearer Coleophora alticolella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 15th June

Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, North Elmham, 15th June

Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella, North Elmham, 15th June

The other moths were Buff Rush Case-bearer Coleophora caespititiella, Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 2 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 3 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, Hook-streak Grass-veneer Crambus lathoniellus, 6 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, Single-dotted Wave, 2 Treble Brown Spots, Silver-ground Carpet, Common Pug, Clouded Border, Clouded Silver, 2 Light Emeralds, Privet Hawk-moth, Pale Prominent, Orange Footman, 5 Common Footmen, 8 Buff Ermines, 2 Cinnabars, 4 Heart and Darts, Flame, Flame Shoulder, Ingrailed Clay, 3 Brown Rustics, 2 Middle-barred Minors, Treble Lines, Uncertain, 2 Mottled Rustics, 14 Straw Dots and Snout. The caddisflies were Hydroptila sparsa, 2 Hydropsyche pellucidula and Limnephilus lunatus.

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana, North Elmham, 15th June

Next day I had 2 Currant Clearwings come to lure, new for the year.

Currant Clearwing, North Elmham, 16th June

This Clay Triple-lines was a surprise find inside the house, new for the year and only my third here since moving in in 2014.

Clay Triple-lines, North Elmham, 16th June

Not a bad haul of moths overnight with 10 new for the year: Barred White Clothes Moth Nemapogon clematella, White-triangle Slender Caloptilia stigmatella, White-headed Ermine Paraswammerdamia albicapitella, Tipped Oak Case-bearer Coleophora flavipennella, 2 Sloe Flat-bodies Luquetia lobella, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, Hoary Bell Eucosma cana, White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla, Small Blood-vein and Small Dusty Wave.

Barred White Clothes Moth Nemapogon clematella, North Elmham, 16th June

White-headed Ermine Paraswammerdamia albicapitella, North Elmham, 16th June

Sloe Flat-body Luquetia lobella, North Elmham, 16th June

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, North Elmham, 16th June

White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla, North Elmham, 16th June

Small Dusty Wave, North Elmham, 16th June

Apart from those there were 2 Diamond-backs Plutella xylostella, Buff Rush Case-bearer Coleophora caespititiella, Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, 2 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis cerasana, 2 Light Brown Apple-moths Epiphyas postvittana, Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana, 4 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 5 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 4 Triple-blotched Bells Notocelia trimaculana, 3 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis, 2 Marsh Greys Eudonia pallida, 2 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, 7 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, Bee Moth Aphomia sociella, 3 False Cacao Moths Ephestia woodiella, 2 Single-dotted Waves, Treble Brown Spot, 2 Riband Waves, 3 Silver-ground Carpets, 2 Garden Carpets, 2 Green Carpets, Sharp-angled Carpet, 5 Common Pugs, 2 Clouded Borders, Brown Silver-line, 2 Willow Beauties, 2 Mottled Beauties, Common White Wave, 2 Clouded Silvers, Light Emerald, Eyed Hawk-moth, Poplar Hawk-moth, 2 Elephant Hawk-moths, Coxcomb Prominent, 2 Orange Footmen, Common Footman, White Ermine, 10 Buff Ermines, Cinnabar, 4 Heart and Darts, 2 Flames, 4 Flame Shoulders, Ingrailed Clay, Bright-line Brown-eye, Smoky Wainscot, Common Wainscot, 2 Brown Rustics, Dark Arches, 6 Middle-barred Minors, 5 Treble Lines, 2 Mottled Rustics, 2 Burnished Brasses, 2 Spectacles, 25 Straw Dots, 8 Snouts and 3 Small Fan-foots.


This springtail proved to be Entomobrya intermedia, a new species for me.

Entomobrya intermedia, North Elmham, 16th June

Other things included caddisflies Polycentropus flavomaculatus (new for the year) and Limnephilus lunatus, leafhoppers 2 Oncopsis flavicollis, Oncopsis subangulata (new for the year) and Fagocyba cruenta and beetles Ptinus sexpunctatus and Dasytes aeratus.

Polycentropus flavomaculatus, North Elmham, 16th June

Oncopsis subangulata, North Elmham, 16th June