Description: A belated sweeping session yields 3 new moths for me Back on the 21st of May I had a brief hour sweeping session along a wildflower field at the edge of Hexton Chalk Pit just about in Hertfordshire (As it border's bedfordshire strangely on both sides). I ended up with a few nice moths including 3 firsts for me, Marsh Pug, Common Heath and Pancalia leuwenhoekella, all three species quite scarce in Herts. If that wasn't enough I caught up with a little beauty that i've only ever seen once before, the tiny shiney Stephensia brunnichella. The weather was warm with highs of 22c but a little breezy which made netting tricky at times. Full list below of species seen but no counts given There is still a Stigmella sp, Parornix sp and 2x Dichrorampha sps to gen det. Macro Moths Common Heath [NEW!] Marsh Pug [NEW!] Blood-vein Brindled Pug Burnet Companion Common Carpet Common White Wave Green Carpet Grey Pug Latticed Heath Mother Shipton Purple Bar Sandy Carpet Shaded Pug Silver-ground Carpet Small Purple-barred Yellow Shell Micro Moths Pancalia leuwenhoekella [NEW!] Adela reamurella Agonopterix purpurea Anthophila fabriciana Argyresthia pruniella Bucculatrix bechsteinella Cameraria ohridella Celypha lacunana Dichrorampha sp 2 Elachista apicipunctella Epiblema costipunctana Esperia sulphurella Glyphipterix simplicella Grapholita jungiella Elachista argentella Hedya pruniana Isotrias rectifasciana Micropterix aruncella Micropterix calthella Nemapogon swammerdamella Nematopogon schwarziellus Notocelia cynosbatella Parornix sp Plutella xylostella Pyrausta aurata Scoparia ambigualis Spuleria flavicaput Stephensia brunnichella Stigmella sp Syndemis musculana. Date: 6 May 2018, 08:05. Source: [0602] Elachista apicipunctella. Author: Ben Sale from Stevenage, UK.
Description: Fekenham Wylde Moor, Worcestershire. Although a fairly common and widespread moth this was the first record for the county. One of five specimens quickly found in a the same area. Returning two days later I counted 32 individuals at rest on tree trunks. The females differ from males in having a light patch in the wing basal area (but so far have not co-operated to allow a photograph!!!). Date: 28 July 2013, 16:43. Source: 38.032 BF602 Elachista apicipunctella male. Author: Patrick Clement from West Midlands, England.
Description: That's the way mothing goes.. I will stay brief (well as brief as the catch was last night) with just 3 moths last night to my trap in not exactly unfavorably cloudy conditions, albeit a little wet at times. I did manage to get the Elachista photographed and identified, it being an Elachista apicipunctella, a new one for the garden. Macro Moths 1x Common Quaker 1x Hebrew Character Micro Moths 1x Epiphyas postvittana. Date: 22 April 2014, 18:33. Source: [0602] Elachista apicipunctella. Author: Ben Sale from UK.
Description: Exemplar found: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Odintsovsky District, near village Pestovo, 24.05.2019, days МО, Одинцовский р-н, окрестности деревни Пестово, 24.05.2019, днём. Date: 25 May 2019, 15:33. Source: Elachista apicipunctella. Author: Ilia Ustyantsev from Russia. Camera location55° 40′ 25.89″ N, 36° 50′ 15.31″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.673857; 36.837587.
Description: Fekenham Wylde Moor, Worcestershire. Although a fairly common and widespread moth this was the first record for the county. One of five specimens quickly found in a the same area. Returning two days later I counted 32 individuals at rest on tree trunks. The females differ from males in having a light patch in the wing basal area (but so far have not co-operated to allow a photograph!!!). Date: 28 July 2013, 17:04. Source: 38.032 BF602 Elachista apicipunctella male. Author: Patrick Clement from West Midlands, England.
Description: Exemplar found: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Odintsovsky District, near village Pestovo, 24.05.2019, days МО, Одинцовский р-н, окрестности деревни Пестово, 24.05.2019, днём. Date: 25 May 2019, 15:29. Source: Elachista apicipunctella. Author: Ilia Ustyantsev from Russia. Camera location55° 40′ 25.89″ N, 36° 50′ 15.31″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.673857; 36.837587.
Description: A Spectacle and two moths out of their comfort zone Old big sunglasses turned up last night in pristine condition, I love Spectacles and it is up there as one of my favourite looking moths. The two moths out of their comfort zone were of course both species of probably the commonest of the House Moths, Endrosis sarcitella and Hofmannophila pseudospretella both new for year as well. Six new for year moths were most welcome on a clear but warm night with temperatures not dipping below 12 degrees. Today has been warm again way past 24 degrees but breezy, will it be worth running the trap again? I think so. Good luck all. Catch Report - 11/05/16 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Spectacle [NFY] 2x V-pug [NFY] 1x Brimstone Moth 1x Nut-tree Tussock 2x Double-striped Pug Micro Moths 1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella [NFY] 1x Endrosis sarcitrella [NFY] 1x Elachista canapennella [NFY] 1x Elachista apicipunctella [NFY] 1x Mompha subbistrigella 2x Epiphyas postvittana. Date: 12 May 2016, 17:06. Source: [38.032] [BF0602] Elachista apicipunctella. Author: Ben Sale from UK.
Description: Male top and female bottom. The female has a basal fascia not present in the male, furthermore, all the females I have examined have had a significantly larger apical spot, a diagnostic feature, separating this species from albifrontella. Date: 28 July 2013, 16:43. Source: 38.032 BF602 Elachista apicipunctella male:female. Author: Patrick Clement from West Midlands, England.
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