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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 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing. Show all posts
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Thursday, 8 April 2021

Review of 2019 and 2020 - Moths: Noctuids (Noctuidae) part 14: Yellow Underwings and Green Arches

NOCTUIDS (NOCTUIDAE) (continued)


Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba - At least 215 recorded between 15th June and 20th October 2019 (not counted on 9 nights so probably a few more) and 110 between 11th June and 29th September 2020.  The 2020 total was my worst so far and the average annual tally is around 285.  Elsewhere recorded next door twice, 45 at the meadows (over 17 nights) and single-figure counts at Bintree Wood (twice), Whitwell Street, Swanton Great Wood, Weybourne and Row Heath (West Runton), plus 30 in Cornwall.

Large Yellow Underwing, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd June 2019


Large Yellow Underwing, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th September 2020



Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata - Singles in the garden on 16th and 22nd July and 23rd September 2019 and 2nd and 31st July 2020.  I've had between 2 and 5 each year I've lived here.  A few elsewhere including 6 at the meadows (including one on the earlier date of 23rd June 2020), one at Swanton Great Wood, one at Whitwell Street, one at Weybourne and one at Row Heath (West Runton).  I sometimes gen det paler examples of this species, especially during periods of migration, to check for the feasible but not yet British (?) Noctua tirrenica, but no luck yet.

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd June 2020


Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th July 2020


female Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham, 31st July 2020


Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th August 2020



Lunar Yellow Underwing Noctua orbona - None.  In Norfolk this species is mostly found in the Brecks and I've not found it locally, but there are records all over the county including some less than a mile away so I should catch one here one day.  One very promising candidate at the meadows in 2019 turned out to be a very small Large Yellow Underwing when I managed to examine its hindwings.


Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes - Totals of 134 in the garden between 23rd June (my earliest ever) and 25th October 2019 and 148 between 2nd July and 18th October 2020 - 150 a year is average.  Elsewhere one next door, 6 at the meadows (over 5 nights), one at Swanton Great Wood, one at Row Heath (West Runton) and 3 in Cornwall.

Lesser Yellow Underwing, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th August 2019



Least Yellow Underwing Noctua interjecta - 2019 was my best ever year for this not-quite-annual species here with 10 between 22nd July and 6th August, but in 2020 I caught just one, on 7th August.  Also one next door on 7th August 2019.


Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe - At least 42 caught in the garden between 23rd July and 4th September, but with 7 nights not counted the actual total may have been a little higher.  If not my worst year ever then nearly so.  A little better in 2020 with 83 between 26th July and 6th September, but still well under the average annual tally of 125.  Elsewhere recorded on all 4 nights next door, 11 at the meadows, 2 at Whitwell Street, 6 at Swanton Great Wood and 3 at Row Heath (West Runton).  Chris Lewis suggests a useful pick feature when looking for candidates for Langmaid's Yellow Underwing, namely that on Langmaid's the underside of the forewing costa (easily viewed with the moth in a pot) is darker proximal to the postmedian line and not usually on Lesser Broad-bordered.  After reading this I checked as many as I could for this feature in 2020 and found quite a few specimens with this character to a lesser or greater extent.  Unfortunately they all proved to be Lesser Broad-bordered, but it could nevertheless be a useful way of narrowing down the field of individuals that need a good look at the fully open wings.

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 26th July 2019


Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham, 13th August 2020



Great Brocade Eurois occulta - None.  I've never seen this species but although it's rare in Norfolk records are pretty widespread so there's got to be a chance of finding one here one day.


Double Dart Graphiphora augur - None.  I've only caught this species here in the garden on one occasion, in 2017.


Green Arches Anaplectoides prasina - One caught in Carsaig (Mull) on 12th June 2019; none in 2020.  I've only ever caught one of these superb moths in my garden, in 2016.

Green Arches, Carsaig (Mull), 12th June 2019


Next page: more Noctuidae

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

More moths and a new bug

Another Yellow-legged Clearwing came to pheromone lure on 7th July before the night's trapping produced 94 species of moth and a variety of other things.

New moths for the year were Four-spotted Obscure Oegoconia quadripuncta, Large Grey Scoparia subfusca (only the second time I've caught one here), Beautiful Knot-horn Rhodophaea formosa, Small Scallop, Brown-tail, Lesser Yellow Underwing and Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing.

Four-spotted Obscure Oegoconia quadripuncta (male, gen det), North Elmham, 7th July


Large Grey Scoparia subfusca, North Elmham, 7th July


Beautiful Knot-horn Rhodophaea formosa, North Elmham, 7th July


Small Scallop, North Elmham, 7th July


Brown-tail, North Elmham, 7th July


Lesser Yellow Underwing, North Elmham, 7th July


Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham, 7th July


The other moths were 2 Pale-backed Clothes Moths Monopis crocicapitella, Hazel Slender Parornix devoniella, Cherry-fruit Moth Argyresthia pruniella, 2 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, 3 Ermine sp. Yponomeuta padella/malinellus/cagnagella, Diamond-back Plutella xylostella, 2 Meadow Case-bearers Coleophora mayrella, Golden-brown Tubic Crassa unitella, Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Cinerous Neb Bryotropha terrella, London Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella, 2 Common Yellow Conches Agapeta hamana, 3 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis heparana, 5 Privet Tortrixes Clepsis consimilana, Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana, Grey Tortrix Cnephasia stephensiana, 5 Flax Tortrixes Cnephasia asseclana, Viburnum Button Acleris schalleriana, 4 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 10 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana, 2 Triangle-marked Rollers Ancylis achatana, 2 Common Cloaked Shoots Gypsonoma dealbana, Bramble Shoot Notocelia uddmanniana, 2 Hoary Bells Eucosma cana, Many-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla, 26 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 2 Inlaid Grass-veneers Crambus pascuella, 4 Satin Grass-veneers Crambus perlella, Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella, 15 Water Veneers Acentria ephemerella, 4 Common Greys Scoparia ambigualis, 2 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, 4 Small Greys Eudonia mercurella, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, 3 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, 9 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 2 Rosy Tabbies Endotricha flammealis, Bee Moth Aphomia sociella, Ermine Knot-horn Phycitodes binaevella, 2 Beautiful Plumes Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla, Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla, Ghost Moth, Buff Arches, 7 Small Fan-footed Waves, Dwarf Cream Wave, Small Dusty Wave, 6 Single-dotted Waves, 19 Riband Waves, 2 Shaded Broad-bars, Brown Scallop, 3 V-Pugs, 2 Double-striped Pugs, 4 Clouded Borders, Brimstone Moth, 3 Early Thorns, 2 Willow Beauties, Mottled Beauty, Engrailed, Common White Wave, Clouded Silver, 4 Elephant Hawk-moths, Buff-tip, 3 Rosy Footmen, 5 Dingy Footmen, Scarce Footman, 58 Common Footmen, 15 Buff Ermines, Cinnabar, Short-cloaked Moth, 2 Heart and Clubs, 7 Double Square-spots, Dot Moth, Bright-line Brown-eye, 5 Smoky Wainscots, Common Wainscot, Marbled Beauty, Brown Rustic, Common Rustic, 42 Uncertains, 5 Rustics, Mottled Rustic, Burnished Brass, 2 Beautiful Hook-tips, Straw Dot and 4 Fan-foots.

Pale-backed Clothes Moth Monopis crocicapitella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 7th July


Mayflies consisted of Pale Evening Dun Procloeon bifidum and Green Drake Ephemera danica, both new for the year, and also 2 Blue-winged Olives Serratella ignita.  Caddisflies consisted of Hydropsyche siltalai, Medium Sedge Goera pilosa and Limnephilus flavicornis.

Pale Evening Dun Procloeon bifidum, North Elmham, 7th July


Green Drake Ephemera danica, North Elmham, 7th July



The only heteropteran bug was a lifer, Megalocoleus molliculus.

Megalocoleus molliculus, North Elmham, 7th July


The leafhopper Alebra coryli was new for the year, as was the hoverfly Marmalade Fly Episyrphus balteatus.

Alebra coryli, North Elmham, 7th July


Beetles identified were 2 Strawberry Seed Beetles Harpalus rufipes, Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva and Lagria hirta.

Thursday, 31 August 2017

My first Sloe Midget

Arguably the highlight on the night of Sunday 16th July was a New Poplar Pigmy Ectoedemia hannoverella, a species I'd seen for the first time in June.  Again this one keyed out quite straightforwardly and I checked its genitalia for added confidence (this time it was a female - the last one was a male) (but see 2018 comment below).



New Poplar Pigmy Ectoedemia hannoverella (female, gen det), North Elmham, 16th July - or not: see below...

* Edit 2018: OK, I got a bit suspicious after my fourth in 2018 which seems a lot for a Poplar-feeding species given the distance from here to the nearest Poplars.  Having looked into it a bit more it now seems possible - indeed likely - that they are not hannoverella but Spotted Black Pigmies Ectoedemia subbimaculella.  I cannot rule out hannoverella, nor the Holm-Oak species heringella as both the external appearance and the genitalia are very similar between all 3 species, but as there is an Oak tree close by (subbimaculella feeds on Oak) and no Poplar or Holm-Oak very close I think subbimaculella is most likely.  Not entirely sure why I overlooked this as a possibility - probably because most of the photos online show much better patterned individuals than any of mine.

A few species were new for the year: Four-spotted Obscure Oegoconia quadripuncta, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Dark Dagger and Herald.

Four-spotted Obscure Oegoconia quadripuncta (male, gen det), North Elmham, 16th July



Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham, 16th July


Dark Dagger (female, gen det), North Elmham, 16th July


Herald, North Elmham, 16th July


A good selection of other micros consisted of Ribwort Slender Aspilapteryx tringipennella, Beech Midget Phyllonorycter maestingella, Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella, 26 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, Tipped Oak Case-bearer Coleophora flavipennella, Meadow Case-bearer Coleophora mayrella, Woundwort Case-bearer Coleophora lineolea, Little Dwarf Elachista canapennella, Small Dingy Tubic Borkhausenia fuscescens, 2 Dark Groundlings Bryotropha affinis, 2 Cinereous Groundlings Bryotropha terrella, 4 Orange Crests Helcystogramma rufescens, Scarce Obscure Oegoconia deauratella, Common Cosmet Mompha epilobiella, Hook-marked Straw Moth Agapeta hamana, 2 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis heparana, 2 Grey Tortrixes Cnephasia stephensiana, Flax Tortrix Cnephasia asseclana, 3 Dover Shades Cnephasia genitalana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 2 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana, Common Cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma dealbana, Bright Bell Eucosma hohenwartiana, Hoary Bell Eucosma cana, 2 Bud Moths Spilonota ocellana, 18 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 3 Grass-veneers Crambus pascuella, 24 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, Pearl Grass-veneer Catoptria pinella, Base-lined Grey Scoparia basistrigalis, 3 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, Small Grey Eudonia mercurella, Beautiful China-mark Nymphula nitidulata, Chequered Straw Evergestis pallidata, 4 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, 3 Elder Pearls Anania coronata, 20 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis, Grey Knot-horn Acrobasis advenella, Ermine Knot-horn Phycitodes binaevella and Chalk Knot-horn Phycitodes maritima.

Other insects included the mayfly Serratella ignita, the green lacewing Cunctochrysa albolineata and the brown lacewing Micromus variegatus.  Caddisflies included Hydroptila sparsa which was new for the year, Hydropsyche siltalai, 2 Hydropsyche pellucidula and Leptocerus tineiformis.  Beetles included the water beetle Rhantus suturalis, new-for-the-year Bradycellus verbasci (one confirmed and a second presumed) and Brown Chafer.

Hydroptila sparsa, North Elmham, 16th July


Bradycellus verbasci, North Elmham, 16th July


There were Peacock and Small Tortroiseshell in the garden next day - the Peacock apparently being my first garden record this year (really?!).  I also found a Small Purple and Gold (Mint Moth) Pyrausta aurata flying around the mint in the garden.

Earlier in July I reported my first fully-identified Phyllonorycter cerasicolella (I'd seen cerasicolella/spinicolella agg. before).  Now I can report my first fully-identified example of the other of the aggregate pair, Sloe Midget Phyllonorycter spinicolella, at home on Monday 17th July.

Sloe Midget Phyllonorycter spinicolella (female, gen det), North Elmham, 17th July


A Two-spotted Neb Eulamprotes atrella was another good moth that night - not one I see often at home (my first here was almost exactly a year ago).


Two-spotted Neb Eulamprotes atrella, North Elmham, 17th July


The only other new moth for the year that night was a Lesser Pearl Sitochroa verticalis.

Lesser Pearl Sitochroa verticalis, North Elmham, 17th July


Other moths in the garden that night were Willow Bent-wing Phyllocnistis saligna, 5 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, Little Ermel Swammerdamia pyrella, 2 Brown House Moths Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana, Cinereous Groundling Bryotropha terrella, 3 Orange Crests Helcystogramma rufescens, 2 Hook-marked Straw Moths Agapeta hamana, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, 2 Flax Tortrixes Cnephasia asseclana, Dover Shade Cnephasia genitalana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Common Cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma dealbana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, Codling Moth Cydia pomonella, 2 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 3 Grass-veneers Crambus pascuella, 20 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, 3 Water Veneers Acentria ephemerella, Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis, Little Grey Eudonia lacustrata, Small Grey Eudonia mercurella, 8 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 2 Rosy Tabbies Endotricha flammealis, Ash-bark Knot-horn Euzophera pinguis, 2 Common Plumes Emmelina monodactyla, 2 Chinese Characters, Blood-vein, 3 Least Carpets, 9 Single-dotted Waves, Small Scallop, 6 Riband Waves, Red Twin-spot Carpet, 2 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpets, Shaded Broad-bar, Yellow Shell, 2 Magpie Moths, 2 Early Thorns, Scalloped Oak, Peppered Moth, Engrailed, Elephant Hawk-moth, Buff-tip, 2 Round-winged Muslins, 4 Rosy Footmen, 25 Dingy Footmen, 6 Scarce Footmen, 21 Common Footmen, 6 Buff Ermines, 2 Ruby Tigers, Flame Shoulder, 2 Large Yellow Underwings, 2 Double Square-spots, 2 Brown-line Bright Eyes, 2 Smoky Wainscots, 4 Dark Arches, 2 Common Rustics, 8 Uncertains, 5 Rustics, 7 Nut-tree Tussocks, Spectacle and Straw Dot.

Ash-bark Knot-horn Euzophera pinguis, North Elmham, 17th July


There were 3 species of mayfly in the trap: Pond Olive Cloeon dipterum, Green Drake Ephemera danica and Blue-winged Olive Serratella ignita.  Lacewings were less well-represtented with just one Dichochrysa flavifrons.  A selection of caddisflies included Oxyethira flavicornis, Cyrnus trimaculatus, Polycentropus flavomaculatus, Hydropsyche pellucidula and Limnephilus lunatus.  Two Aphodius rufipes were the only beetles and the only bugs were 2 Zygina angusta, a leafhopper I'd not positively identified before.


Zygina angusta (male above, female below), North Elmham, 17th July

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

albitarsella but the tarsi weren't very albi

White-legged Case-bearer Coleophora albitarsella is supposed to be one of the few Coleophora that can be identified without recourse to dissection.  Well I didn't notice the white legs on this one on 21st July so dissected it.  There was some white on the legs but it wasn't very obvious - it certainly didn't have white tarsi on every leg as it's supposed to.  But a new moth for me, so I'm not complaining.

White-legged Case-bearer Coleophora albitarsella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 21st July


Earlier in the day I'd had another Small Tortoiseshell come in the house but you don't expect butterflies in the moth trap, with them being diurnal.  Occasionally it happens though, and it was a Green-veined White this time.

Two nights earlier I reported a ring of Water Veneers round the trap in the evening.  Hardly any the next night but the same thing happened this night, only even more: 200 Water Veneers Acentria ephemerella in a squirming heaving circle in the grass round the trap.  Once again most of them had disappeared before dawn.

Long-winged Pearl Anania lancealis was new for the garden and Scarce Obscure Oegoconia deauratella, Ash-bark Knot-horn Euzophera pinguis, Least Carpet, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing and Ear Moth were new for the year.

Ear Moth (male, gen det), North Elmham, 21st July



Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, North Elmham, 21st July


Ash-bark Knot-horn Euzophera pinguis, North Elmham, 21st July


Scarce Obscure Oegoconia deauratella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 21st July


A total of 564 moths but less variety with the species count only just breaking triple figures (101).  Other macros were 4 Chinese Characters, Buff Arches, Large Emerald, Small Blood-vein, Lesser Cream Wave, 10 Small Fan-footed Waves, Single-dotted Wave, 20 Riband Waves, Red Twin-spot Carpet, 3 Shaded Broad-bars, Common Carpet, Small Rivulet, Green Pug, Small Yellow Wave, 2 Clouded Borders, 2 Early Thorns, 2 Scalloped Oaks, 2 Swallow-tailed Moths, Peppered Moth, Willow Beauty, Mottled Beauty, Engrailed, Common White Wave, Clouded Silver, Poplar Hawkmoth, 2 Buff-tips, 3 Yellow-tails, 3 Round-winged Muslins, 25 Rosy Footmen, 31 Dingy Footmen, 2 Scarce Footmen, 63 Common Footmen, 6 Buff Ermines, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Large Yellow Underwing, Double Square-spot, 5 Clays, 4 Smoky Wainscots, Dun-bar, 3 Dark Arches, Clouded Brindle, 2 Double Lobeds, 4 Common Rustics, 4 Lesser Common Rustics, Ear Moth, 30 Uncertains, 4 Rustics, Mottled Rustic, Burnished Brass, 2 Spectacles, Beautiful Hook-tip, 3 Straw Dots and 3 Fan-foots.

Other micros were Ribwort Slender Aspilapteryx tringipennella, Hawthorn Slender Parornix anglicella, 6 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, Little Ermel Swammerdamia pyrella, Hawthorn Ermel Paraswammerdamia nebulella, 7 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, Little Dwarf Elachista canapennella, 2 Golden-brown Tubics Crassa unitella, 2 Long-horned Flat-bodies Carcina quercana, Common Flat-body Agonopterix heracliana, Dark Groundling Bryotropha affinis, Cinereous Groundling Bryotropha terrella, 4 Gorse Crests Brachmia blandella, 2 Orange Crests Helcystogramma rufescens, Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana, 2 Large Fruit-tree Tortrixes Archips podana, Privet Tortrix Clepsis consimilana, Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, 4 Grey Tortrixes Cnephasia stephensiana, Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana, 2 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 4 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Plum Tortrix Hedya pruniana, 2 Marbled Orchard Tortrixes Hedya nubiferana, 2 Triangle-marked Rollers Ancylis achatana, Bramble Shoot Moth Notocelia uddmanniana, Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana, 2 Hoary Bells Eucosma cana, Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana, 6 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 4 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, 5 Chequered Grass-veneers Catoptria falsella, Little Grey Eudonia lacustrata, Chequered Straw Evergestis pallidata, 7 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 2 Rosy Tabbies Endotricha flammealis, Bee Moth Aphomia sociella, Grey Knot-horn Acrobasis advenella, Dotted Oak Knot-horn Phycita roborella, Brown Powdered Knot-horn Delplanqueia inscriptella and Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla.

Brown Powdered Knot-horn Delplanqueia inscriptella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 21st July


Not much non-avian interest - the Orthotrichia costalis I mentioned in the previous days' post and the only other caddis recorded was Mystacides longicornis.  It's so busy on the moth front now I'm having to be a bit selective with the caddisflies, not recording all of them.  Wasps are starting to appear in bigger numbers, this one being a German Wasp.

German Wasp, North Elmham, 21st July


Next day a lunchtime stroll at Houghton produced a surprise Clouded Magpie.  Also Common Marble Celypha lacunana and the Brown Lacewing Hemerobius humulinus.

The moth trap that night delivered only 85 species (309 moths).  New for the house was Brown-barred Tortrix Epagoge grotiana but rarer (and new for the year here) was Dotted Ermel Ethmia dodecea.

Brown-barred Tortrix Epagoge grotiana, North Elmham, 22nd July


Dotted Ermel Ethmia dodecea, North Elmham, 22nd July


A Pine Hawkmoth was also new for the year.

Pine Hawkmoth, North Elmham, 22nd July


Other macros were 2 Chinese Characters, 6 Small Fan-footed Waves, 5 Single-dotted Waves, 24 Riband Waves, Red Twin-spot Carpet, 2 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpets, Shaded Broad-bar, Common Carpet, Phoenix, July Highflyer, 4 Clouded Borders, 3 Early Thorns, 4 Scalloped Oaks, Willow Beauty, 2 Engraileds, Common White Wave, Poplar Hawkmoth, Elephant Hawkmoth, Coxcomb Prominent, 3 Yellow-tails, Round-winged Muslin, 11 Rosy Footmen, 25 Dingy Footmen, Buff Footman, 61 Common Footmen, 11 Buff Ermines, 2 Ruby Tigers, Large Yellow Underwing, 7 Double Square-spots, Dot Moth, 4 Clays, Smoky Wainscot, Dark Arches, Slender Brindle, 3 Common Rustics, 21 Uncertains, 3 Rustics, Nut-tree Tussock, 2 Snouts and Fan-foot.

Slender Brindle, North Elmham, 22nd July


Best of the other micros was another Plum Fruit Moth Grapholita funebrana.

Plum Fruit Moth Grapholita funebrana, North Elmham, 22nd July


The other micros were 2 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, Little Ermel Swammerdamia pyrella, 2 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, Grey Rush Case-bearer Coleophora glaucicolella, Little Dwarf Elachista canapennella, Golden-brown Tubic Crassa unitella, Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana, Common Groundling Teleiodes vulgella, Gorse Crest Brachmia blandella, 2 Orange Crests Helcystogramma rufescens, Hawthorn Cosmet Blastodacna hellerella, Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana, 2 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis heparana, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, Privet Tortrix Clepsis consimilana, 2 Grey Tortrixes Cnephasia stephensiana, Flax Tortrix Cnephasia asseclana, 2 Dover Shades Cnephasia genitalana, Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana, 3 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana, Triangle-marked Roller Ancylis achatana, Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana, 2 Bramble Shoot Moths Notocelia uddmanniana, Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana, 2 Hoary Bells Eucosma cana, Two-coloured Bell Eucosma obumbratana, Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana, 2 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella, 4 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, Pearl Grass-veneer Catoptria pinella, 4 Chequered Grass-veneers Catoptria falsella, Pale Water-veneer Donacaula forficella, 20 Water Veneers Acentria ephemerella, 3 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, Beautiful China-mark Nymphula nitidulata, Elder Pearl Anania coronata, 2 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 2 Bee Moths Aphomia sociella and White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla.

Other insects included a new leafhopper for me: Edwardsiana geometrica.

 Edwardsiana geometrica, North Elmham, 22nd July