Momphidae

Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom

Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom

Hemel Hempstead - Field Trip - 08/07/13 - National Moth Night contributionDavid, Roger and myself made another effort to trap at Gadesprings again, for my contribution to National Moth Night (as I wouldn't be running a trap in my garden until Sunday night)The weather was perfect, cloudy and mild with just a hint of breeze. Luckily we had almost finished packing up at about 2am before the rain started.We set up 2 traps from the mains and a further 3 traps about 200 metres along the canal/watercress beds. Two of the traps were placed right next to large outcrops of Butterbur, in the vain attempt to see whether we could get a Butterbur Moth....that never happened! Although we did get a few interesting species at the end of the night.Olive was a good record. My only records are belowHatfield Broad Oak 21/07/2008Hatfield Broad Oak 22/07/2008Canvey Wick SSSI 08/07/2010Interestingly all my previous records are from Essex, so this is my first Hertfordshire specimen.Other moths of note were a Dioryctria, possbly abietella due to its plainess and size (I have set the specimen for further identification), Ypsolopha sequella which I haven't seen for awhile now, and a possible Elachista gleichenella, which to my knowledge is extinct in Herts now. I unfortunately let it go after a few photos which I am kicking myself for doing. It does look spot on for this species and has many more markings than atricomella, alpinella and the rest of the confusion species.Numbers below are approximate 08/07/13 - Gadesprings - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Trap, 1x 22w Actinic + 26w Blacklight Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Trap run from 9.00pm until 1.30am 124 Species in total63 Macro Moths & 61 Micro MothsMacro Moths1x Beautiful Hook-tip1x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Brimstone Moth5x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Clay2x Cloaked Minor3x Common Carpet1x Common Emerald2x Common Footman4x Common Rustic1x Common Wave1x Common Wainscot1x Copper Underwing1x Coronet10x Dark Arches15x Dingy Footman10x Double Lobed1x Double Square-spot10x Dun-bar1x Fern5x Flame Shoulder1x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer1x Knot Grass3x Large Yellow Underwing8x Least Yellow Underwing15x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing5x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Lunar-spotted Pinion3x Maple Pug1x Nut-tree Tussock1x Olive4x Orange Swift1x Pale Mottled Willow2x Pale Prominent1x Poplar Hawk-moth2x Red Twin-spot Carpet4x Riband Wave1x Rosy Rustic12x Ruby Tiger1x Sallow Kitten1x Scorched Carpet2x Shuttle-shaped Dart5x Silver-Y1x Single-dotted Wave2x Small Fan-footed Wave2x Small Phoenix1x Small Rivulet1x Smoky Wainscot5x Snout1x Southern Wainscot1x Square-spot Rustic2x Straw Dot1x Tawny Speckled Pug1x Toadflax Pug4x Tree-lichen Beauty2x Uncertain2x V-pug5x White-spotted Pug5x Willow Beauty2x Wormwood Pug8x Yellow Shell1x Yellow-barred BrindleMicro Moths2x Acentria ephemerella1x Acleris emargana2x Acleris forsskaleana1x Acleris variegana2x Agapeta hamana10x Agriphila straminella5x Agriphila tristella2x Aleimma loeflingiana2x Apotomis lineana2x Argyresthia bonnetella1x Bactra lancealana1x Batia unitella2x Blastobasis adustella 1x Brachmia blandella1x Calamotropha paludella1x Caloptilia alchimiella2x Cameraria ohridella4x Carcina quercana2x Cataclysta lemnata2x Celypha lacunana1x Chrysoteuchia culmella4x Clepsis spectrana1x Cnephasia sp2x Coleophora sp2x Dipleurina lacustrata1x Dioryctria abietella (pending)5x Elachista canapennella1x Elachista gleichenella (pending)5x Elachista maculicerusella1x Emmelina monodactyla1x Epiblema uddmanniana5x Epinotia nisella1x Epinotia ramella1x Eucosma cana2x Eudemis profundana1x Eudonia mercurella1x Eudonia pallida2x Euzophera pinguis1x Gypsonoma dealbana1x Hedya salicella2x Helcystogramma rufescens4x Limnaecia phragmitella2x Mompha epilobiella1x Monochroa palustrella1x Orthopygia glaucinalis2x Pandemis cerasana1x Pandemis corylana5x Pandemis heparana1x Parornix sp2x Phycita roborella50+ Pleuroptya ruralis3x Plutella xylostella1x Prays ruficeps2x Pterophorus pentadactyla1x Pyrausta aurata1x Rhopobota naevana2x Spilonota ocellana4x Trachycera advenella1x Udea prunalis2x Yponomeuta evonymella1x Ypsolopha sequella

Warneton, Hainault, Belgium

Finally a Tree-lichen Beauty!A combined catch result for this week chaps, as I haven't had much time to update thy blog.Being officially married now means that my mothing exploits will apparently subdue over the years to come (but not too soon I must add!)I trapped on the 6th, 8th and 9th this week with pretty mixed results but with a downward trend starting to happen as we go into the beginning of the end....or is it?There was me going through the trap each time expecting to not be that thrilled with late Summer catches (Yes in the moth world it is nearing Autumn already) then to stumble upon rare and interesting moths in each of the three session.6th was the Cydia amplana night, on the 8th star of the show was Acrolepiopsis assectella, both completely new moths for me. The on the 9th after EVERYBODY else has had one, finally I managed a Tree-lichen Beauty....it's never too late is it!Also a Footman needs checking for Hoary.All in all a good end to the week trapping.Catch Report - 06-08-09/08/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Tree-lichen Beauty [NFG]1x Small Waved Umber [NFG]2x Lesser Swallow Prominent [NFY]6x Square-spot Rustic [NFY]1x Vapourer Moth [NFY]3x Angle Shades3x Black Arches3x Brimstone Moth1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Cloaked Minor1x Common Carpet22x Common Rustic3x Dark Arches1x Dot Moth2x Double-striped Pug2x Dun-bar3x Dusky Thorn 2x Flame Shoulder8x Flounced Rustic1x Green Carpet5x Large Yellow Underwing1x Least Carpet42x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Maiden's Blush2x Maple Pug2x Marbled Beauty1x Nut-tree Tussock1x Oak Hook-tip4x Orange Swift2x Pale Mottled Willow1x Poplar Hawk-moth 1x Red Twin-spot Carpet11x Riband Wave1x Scarce Footman 4x September Thorn3x Setaceous Hebrew Character6x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Silver-Y1x Small Emerald 1x Small Rivulet4x Spectacle2x Square-spotted Clay1x Straw Dot5x Straw Underwing1x Uncertain1x Vine's Rustic10x Willow Beauty2x Yellow Shell Micro Moths1x Acrolepiopsis assectella [NEW!]1x Cydia amplana [NEW!]1x Ypsolopha sequella [NFG]1x Dichrorampha acuminatana [NFG]1x Pyrausta purpuralis [NFG]1x Mompha divisella [NFG]6x Agriphila geniculea [NFY] 2x Ypsolopha parenthesella [NFY]4x Evergestis forficalis1x Hypsopygia costalis4x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla3x Eurrhypara hortulata1x Mompha subbistrigella1x Monopis laevigella2x Endotricha flammealis15x Blastobasis adustella2x Emmelina monodactyla2x Eudonia mercurella1x Ypsolopha dentella2x Trachycera advenella1x Trachycera suavella3x Carcina quercana7x Epiphyas postvittana1x Paronix sp1x Celypha lacunana1x Apotomis betuletana3x Argyrotaenia ljungiana5x Agriphila straminella2x Phycita roborella6x Agriphila tristella2x Spilonota ocellana1x Caloptilia betulicola2x Argyresthia goedartella1x Argyresthia pruniella5x Plutella xylostella2x Batia unitella1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Bovingdon and Gadesprings - Field Trip - 19/05/14Roger, Steve and I made a trip to Bovingdon for some late Spring and early Summer species and boy were we in for a treat!We first trapped this site last year on the 11th of June (Trip report HERE)This time though we were simply overwhelmed with species coming in faster than one could jot down.Interestingly we caught most species that we caught last year but as a comparison, we are about 6 weeks ahead of last year (because of the cold Winter of 2012/13)Of course last year was abnormal so we could not go on last years records too much, some of the species that we did get were typically 2 weeks earlier than the books state.The evening was perfect, with a mild muggy feel about it and still 20 degrees at 8pm, the cloud was still with us and the moon stayed at bay (at least until we packed up)The threat of rain seemed to have subsided and the breeze had dropped so we were very lucky indeed.We did not get our target species Light Feathered Rustic, but it needn't have mattered as it was a long shot anyway and there was plenty of interest coming to all four traps as we worked them throughout the night.Highlights included an Alder Moth, Buttoned Snout, Seraphim, Clay Triple-lines, Grass Rivulet and Coronet.The smaller moths were also in abundance, particularly around the twin Actinic trap and several were taken away to examine in natural light.Highlights of the micros included Bucculatrix nigricomella, Mompha lacteella, Mompha raschkiella, Strophedra weirana and Platyptilia gonodactyla, 3 of those new to me.We also managed to get an unusual looking Treble Lines of the form obscura.It really was so nice to see good numbers of the common species as well with 30+ Clouded Silver, 40+ of Red Twin-spot Carpet and Mottled/Common Pug both numbering easily in excess of 25 specimens each.Exhausted as we had finished around 1am at this site, then onto Gadesprings to empty the two traps there, where we found another 3 Alder Moths, Figure of Eighty and Light Brocade amongst a reasonable amount of species.Home at 3am, up at 6am and I felt like I had a hangover this morning, all good fun!Numbers below are as close as I could record! Catch Report - 19/05/14 - Bovingdon Brickworks - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.69 Macros and 34 Macros (103 species)Macro Moths3x Common Swift4x Green Silver-lines1x Brown Rustic3x Common Marbled Carpet5x Green Carpet15+ Silver-ground Carpet8x Oak Hook-tip15+ Brimstone Moth5x Small Phoenix 1x Small Fan-foot15+ Flame Shoulder25+ Common Pug25+ Mottled Pug2x Ingrailed Clay1x White-spotted Pug1x Foxglove Pug2x Pale Prominent6x Treble Lines1x Straw Dot40+ Red Twin-spot Carpet3x Water Carpet1x Broken-barred Carpet1x Brown Silver-line30+ Clouded Silver1x Scorched Carpet1x Tawny Marbled Minor2x Flame Carpet5x Orange Footman6x Pale Tussock2x Grey Pug4x Seraphim1x Pebble Prominent4x Nut-tree Tussock3x Small Square-spot2x Angle Shades4x Waved Umber2x Shuttle-shaped Dart4x Least Black Arches1x Marbled Minor1x Spruce Carpet1x Yellow-barred Brindle2x Common Wave1x Common White Wave1x V-pug3x Scorched Wing1x Marbled White Spot5x Scalloped Hazel10x White Ermine4x Peppered Moth2x Chinese Character1x Flame2x Cinnabar 1x Peach Blossom2x Clouded-bordered Brindle1x Buttoned Snout1x Shoulder-striped Wainscot1x Iron Prominent1x Brindled Pug1x Common Carpet1x Blood-vein1x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Oak-tree Pug2x Coronet1x Alder Moth [NEW!]1x Knot Grass1x Herald1x Grass Rivulet [NEW!]1x Clay Triple-lines1x White-pinion SpottedMicro Moths2x Endrosis sarcitrella2x Epiblema cynosbatella2x Bucculatrix nigricomella [NEW!]1x Aspilapteryx tringipennella4x Crambus lathoniellus1x Aphomia sociella5x Caloptilia syringella1x Caloptilia stigmatella1x Caloptilia semifascia1x Agonopterix arenella1x Plutella porrectella8x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Cochylimorpha straminea2x Epiblema cirsiana1x Blastobasis lacticolella1x Incurvaria masculella2x Ancylis badiana10x Syndemis musculana3x Scoparia ambigualis1x Alucita hexadactyla2x Phyllonorycter harrisella2x Monopis weaverella 1x Mompha lacteella [NEW!]2x Mompha raschkiella1x Nemapogon cloacella1x Strophedra weirana1x Cataclysta lemnata1x Prays ruficeps/fraxinella1x Cochylis atricapitana1x Parornix sp1x Coleophora sp1x Anthophila fabriciana1x Platyptilia gonodactyla [NEW!]1x Ephestia parasitella unicolorella-------------------------------------------------------------------------Catch Report - 19/05/14 - Gadesprings - Hemel Hempstead - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap and 40w Actinic Trap.40 Macros and 9 Macros (49 species)Macro Moths1x Cinnabar1x Figure of Eighty4x Clouded Silver1x Waved Umber7x Flame Shoulder2x White Ermine5x Peppered Moth3x Alder Moth2x Brimstone2x Small Square-spot1x Pale Tussock1x Orange Footman10x Treble Lines 1x Oak-tree Pug1x Green Carpet1x Chinese Character1x Yellow-barred Brindle 2x Pale Prominent6x Heart & Dart1x Shuttle-shaped Dart2x Common Marbled Carpet 1x Common Pug1x Vine's Rustic1x Rustic Shoulder-knot1x Tawny Marbled Minor1x Marbled Minor1x Spectacle1x Green Silver-lines1x Iron Prominent2x Small Clouded Brindle1x Silver-ground Carpet1x Scalloped Hazel1x Lychnis2x Oak Nycteoline1x Pale Tussock1x Coronet1x Clouded-bordered Brindle1x Light Brocade1x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Buff-tipMicro Moths1x Dichrorampha sp1x Anthophila fabriciana1x Syndemis musculana1x Tinea trinotella 1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Elachista maculicerusella1x Plutella xylostella1x Caloptilia robustella1x Endrosis sarcitrella

Dorsal.Paratype 5675:2

Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO7347

Braughing Farmland - East Herts

Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO7347

Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO7347