Sunday 20 September 2009

19th September 2009

F/W 19mm

Edit: Identified by dissection as Flounced Rustic

Friday 18 September 2009

Tuesday 8 September 2009

Mompha sp 7th September 2009



6mm long. Mompha divisella?

Edit: Confirmed by dissection as Mompha bradleyi

Monday 7 September 2009

Micro 7th September 2009


4mm

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Cosmiotes consortella

Tuesday 1 September 2009

Noctuid 31st August 2009

F/w c 14mm. Mere Wainscot?

Edit: Confirmed by dissection as Cloaked Minor.

Sunday 23 August 2009

Noctuid 23rd August 2009

FW 13mm. Confirmed as first Tree-Lichen Beauty for VC31

Tort 22nd August 2009

8mm long. Possibly Bactrea lacteana

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Bactra lancealana

Wednesday 19 August 2009

Ypsolopha sp 19th August 2009


Edit: confirmed by dissection as Ypsolopha sequella

Tuesday 11 August 2009

10th August 2009

7mm. Cochylidia implicitana?

12mm. Confirmed as a very pale Donacaula forficella.

16mm (Lesser) Common Rustic?

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Lesser Common Rustic.

Sunday 9 August 2009

Beetle 5th August 2009


Literally thousands of this tiny beetle came to the light trap overnight.
Identified by Colin Welch as Bradycellus verbasci

Thursday 6 August 2009

Coleophora 5th August 2009


8mm long. Possible C. salicorniae or C. clypeiferella

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Coleophora clypeiferella

Sunday 2 August 2009

Torts 1st August 2009

8mm long. Eudemis porphyrana?
Edit: confirmed by dissection as Lobesia abscisana

7mm long. Gynnidomorpha sp?
Edit: confirmed by dissection as Gynnidomorpha alismana

Saturday 1 August 2009

Tortrix 31st July 2009


9mm long

Identified as Eudemis profundana

Saturday 25 July 2009

Trachycera sp 24th July 2009


FW 11mm

Confirmed as Trachycera suavella.

Friday 24 July 2009

Dart sp 23rd July 2009

FW 17mm

One vote in favour of Garden Dart, one for White-line Dart. Retained for gen det.

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Garden Dart.

Monday 6 July 2009

Coleophora 5th July 2009

4mm long

'Sid' commented: "Possibly Juncicolella,due to size". Can't find any photos online but the drawing in MoGBI is of a very grey moth.

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Coleophora flavipennella

Swammerdamia 5th July 2009

7mm long - Swammerdamia caesiella?

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Paraswammerdamia nebulella

Gelechid 4th July 2009

8mm long - Aroga velocella

Tim Green suggested a dark Scrobipalpa acuminatella

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Scrobipalpa acuminatella

Saturday 4 July 2009

Three Torts 3rd July 2009

Confirmed as Rhyacionia pinicolana


Confirmed as Gypsonoma minutana

This one was 11mm long:

Tim Green has suggested worn Anchylis achatana - looks very likely.
Edit: confirmed by dissection as Ancylis achatana

Friday 3 July 2009

Geometer 2nd July 2009

Wingspan 50mm
One suggestion of Square Spot but the consensus is for The Engrailed

Thursday 2 July 2009

Noctuid 2nd July 2009

Identified as the first Coronet for the garden by Mark Hammond.

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Agonopterix 1st July 2009

11mm long

Considered most likely an odd A,heracliana/ciliella but to be confirmed by gen.det
Edit: confirmed by dissection as Agonopterix heracliana

Micro 1st July 2009


5mm long
Biselachista utonella suggested by Ian Barton.

Confirmed as B.utonella by gen.det. A first for VC31

Tuesday 30 June 2009

Coleophora 29th June 2009


Edit: confirmed by dissection as Coleophora serratella

Micros (x2) 29th June 2009

Micro 1

Micro 2 - Borkhausenia fuscescens?
Edit: confirmed by dissection as Borkhausenia fuscescens

Tortrix (x2) 29th June 2009

Tort 1


Tort 2

Edit: both confirmed by dissection as Epinotia abbreviana

Monday 29 June 2009

Tort 28th June 2009


Capua vulgana or small Cnephasia sp? 7mm long

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Cnephasia asseclana

Sunday 28 June 2009

Tort 27th June 2009



c10mm long
edit: Cnephasia longana?

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Cnephasia longana

Scoparid 27th June 2009

C8mm long

Edit: confirmed by dissection as Eudonia mercurella