Monthly Summary – Updated on 11/08/2018
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108 species were recorded during the month, slightly down on the previous year by three species. Eight new species were added to the garden list during the month comprising Cypress Tip Moth Argyresthia cupressella, Netted Argent Argyresthia retinella, Large Ivy Tortrix Lozotaenia forsterana, Bramble Shoot Moth Notocelia uddmanniana, Pale-bordered Piercer Grapholita janthinana, Inlaid Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella, Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae and Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea.
| Code | Scientific Name | Common Name | First Date | Last Date | Nights Trapped | Total Moths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03.005 | Hepialus humuli | Ghost Moth | 10/06/2018 | 10/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12.038 | Monopis obviella | Yellow-backed Clothes | 13/06/2018 | 13/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20.007 | Argyresthia cupressella | Cypress Tip Moth | 18/06/2018 | 18/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | NFG |
| 20.016 | Argyresthia retinella | Netted Argent | 19/06/2018 | 19/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | NFG |
| 28.009 | Endrosis sarcitrella | White-shouldered House-moth | 20/06/2018 | 20/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28.010 | Hofmannophila pseudospretella | Brown House-moth | 07/06/2018 | 25/06/2018 | 7 | 7 | |
| 49.000 | Cnephasia | 18/06/2018 | 23/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 49.004 | Ditula angustiorana | Red-barred Tortrix | 28/06/2018 | 28/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 49.025 | Pandemis cerasana | Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix | 10/06/2018 | 18/06/2018 | 3 | 3 | |
| 49.029 | Lozotaenia forsterana | Large Ivy Tortrix | 20/06/2018 | 20/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | NFG |
| 49.037 | Clepsis spectrana | Cyclamen Tortrix | 20/06/2018 | 20/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 49.038 | Clepsis consimilana | Privet Twist | 18/06/2018 | 18/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 49.039 | Epiphyas postvittana | Light Brown Apple Moth | 03/06/2018 | 18/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 49.109 | Agapeta hamana | Common Yellow Conch | 26/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 49.156 | Hedya nubiferana | Marbled Orchard Tortrix | 20/06/2018 | 25/06/2018 | 3 | 4 | |
| 49.161 | Celypha striana | Barred Marble | 19/06/2018 | 27/06/2018 | 3 | 4 | |
| 49.166 | Celypha lacunana | Common Marble | 09/06/2018 | 24/06/2018 | 6 | 6 | |
| 49.254 | Epinotia bilunana | Crescent Bell | 11/06/2018 | 18/06/2018 | 4 | 4 | |
| 49.265 | Eucosma cana | Hoary Belle | 18/06/2018 | 18/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 49.294 | Notocelia uddmanniana | Bramble Shoot Moth | 19/06/2018 | 19/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | NFG |
| 49.298 | Notocelia trimaculana | Triple-blotched Bell | 13/06/2018 | 24/06/2018 | 4 | 5 | |
| 49.359 | Grapholita janthinana | Pale-bordered Piercer | 24/06/2018 | 24/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | NFG |
| 62.001 | Aphomia sociella | Bee Moth | 03/06/2018 | 29/06/2018 | 13 | 20 | |
| 62.058 | Phycitodes binaevella | Ermine Knot-horn | 09/06/2018 | 09/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 62.077 | Endotricha flammealis | Rosy Tabby | 29/06/2018 | 29/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 63.018 | Anania coronata | Spotted Magpie | 17/06/2018 | 28/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 63.025 | Anania hortulata | Small Magpie | 03/06/2018 | 28/06/2018 | 15 | 23 | |
| 63.037 | Udea olivalis | Olive Pearl | 28/06/2018 | 28/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 63.038 | Pleuroptya ruralis | Mother of Pearl | 09/06/2018 | 09/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 63.057 | Evergestis forficalis | Garden Pebble | 17/06/2018 | 27/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 63.064 | Scoparia ambigualis | Common Grey | 07/06/2018 | 26/06/2018 | 9 | 19 | |
| 63.066 | Scoparia pyralella | Meadow Grey | 17/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 3 | 3 | |
| 63.067 | Eudonia lacustrata | Little Grey | 25/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 3 | 4 | |
| 63.074 | Eudonia mercurella | Small Grey | 19/06/2018 | 24/06/2018 | 3 | 3 | |
| 63.080 | Chrysoteuchia culmella | Garden Grass-veneer | 03/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 15 | 32 | |
| 63.081 | Crambus pascuella | Inlaid Grass-veneer | 22/06/2018 | 22/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | NFG |
| 65.009 | Habrosyne pyritoides | Buff Arches | 13/06/2018 | 13/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 66.010 | Tethea ocularis | Drinker | 24/06/2018 | 24/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 69.003 | Laothoe populi | Poplar Hawk-moth | 05/06/2018 | 05/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 69.016 | Deilephila elpenor | Elephant Hawk-moth | 03/06/2018 | 19/06/2018 | 4 | 4 | |
| 70.016 | Idaea aversata | Riband Wave | 11/06/2018 | 29/06/2018 | 12 | 15 | |
| 70.029 | Timandra comae | Blood-vein | 11/06/2018 | 11/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 70.049 | Xanthorhoe fluctuata | Garden Carpet | 03/06/2018 | 29/06/2018 | 10 | 12 | |
| 70.053 | Xanthorhoe designata | Flame Carpet | 10/06/2018 | 10/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 70.054 | Xanthorhoe montanata | Silver-ground Carpet | 11/06/2018 | 23/06/2018 | 6 | 9 | |
| 70.061 | Epirrhoe alternata | Common Carpet | 10/06/2018 | 10/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 70.085 | Cidaria fulvata | Barred Yellow | 19/06/2018 | 19/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 70.097 | Dysstroma truncata | Common Marbled Carpet | 03/06/2018 | 16/06/2018 | 8 | 13 | |
| 70.100 | Colostygia pectinataria | Green Carpet | 03/06/2018 | 10/06/2018 | 4 | 5 | |
| 70.144 | Pasiphila rectangulata | Green Pug | 11/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 4 | 4 | |
| 70.160 | Eupithecia tripunctaria | White-spotted Pug | 07/06/2018 | 07/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 70.173 | Eupithecia centaureata | Lime-speck Pug | 26/06/2018 | 26/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 70.176 | Eupithecia intricata | 07/06/2018 | 19/06/2018 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 70.183 | Eupithecia vulgata | Common Pug | 04/06/2018 | 13/06/2018 | 4 | 7 | |
| 70.226 | Opisthograptis luteolata | Brimstone Moth | 03/06/2018 | 14/06/2018 | 3 | 3 | |
| 70.243 | Ourapteryx sambucaria | Swallow-tailed Moth | 29/06/2018 | 29/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 70.252 | Biston betularia | Peppered Moth | 06/06/2018 | 24/06/2018 | 6 | 7 | |
| 70.258 | Peribatodes rhomboidaria | Willow Beauty | 12/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 7 | 13 | |
| 70.277 | Cabera pusaria | Common White Wave | 10/06/2018 | 25/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 71.003 | Cerura vinula | Puss Moth | 05/06/2018 | 05/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 71.005 | Furcula furcula | Sallow Kitten | 27/06/2018 | 27/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 71.012 | Notodonta dromedarius | Iron Prominent | 10/06/2018 | 10/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 71.017 | Pheosia tremula | Swallow Prominent | 13/06/2018 | 13/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 72.002 | Rivula sericealis | Straw Dot | 19/06/2018 | 20/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 72.003 | Hypena proboscidalis | Snout | 18/06/2018 | 24/06/2018 | 3 | 3 | |
| 72.019 | Spilosoma lutea | Buff Ermine | 04/06/2018 | 29/06/2018 | 22 | 50 | |
| 72.020 | Spilosoma lubricipeda | White Ermine | 03/06/2018 | 17/06/2018 | 10 | 15 | |
| 72.031 | Tyria jacobaeae | Cinnabar | 17/06/2018 | 17/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | NFG |
| 72.045 | Eilema lurideola | Common Footman | 16/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 8 | 15 | |
| 72.069 | Laspeyria flexula | Beautiful Hook-tip | 24/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 73.001 | Abrostola tripartita | Spectacle | 03/06/2018 | 03/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 73.012 | Diachrysia chrysitis | Burnished Brass | 10/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 3 | 3 | |
| 73.015 | Autographa gamma | Silver Y | 03/06/2018 | 15/06/2018 | 7 | 11 | |
| 73.040 | Acronicta leporina | Miller | 09/06/2018 | 09/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 73.046 | Subacronicta megacephala | Poplar Grey | 15/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 73.084 | Bryophila domestica | Marbled Beauty | 25/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 3 | 3 | |
| 73.092 | Caradrina morpheus | Mottled Rustic | 04/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 8 | 8 | |
| 73.095 | Caradrina clavipalpis | Pale Mottled Willow | 04/06/2018 | 13/06/2018 | 5 | 6 | |
| 73.096x | Hoplodrina alsines/blanda | Uncertain/Rustic | 16/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 9 | 20 | |
| 73.101 | Charanyca trigrammica | Treble Lines | 07/06/2018 | 15/06/2018 | 4 | 4 | |
| 73.102 | Rusina ferruginea | Brown Rustic | 04/06/2018 | 04/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | NFG |
| 73.113 | Phlogophora meticulosa | Angle Shades | 17/06/2018 | 17/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 73.114 | Euplexia lucipara | Small Angle Shades | 19/06/2018 | 19/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 73.156 | Apamea crenata | Clouded-bordered Brindle | 03/06/2018 | 04/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 73.158 | Apamea sordens | Rustic Shoulder-knot | 03/06/2018 | 19/06/2018 | 6 | 6 | |
| 73.159 | Apamea unanimis | Small Clouded Brindle | 07/06/2018 | 07/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 73.162 | Apamea monoglypha | Dark Arches | 20/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 8 | 16 | |
| 73.169x | Mesapamea secalis agg. | Common Rustic agg. | 13/06/2018 | 27/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 73.173x | Oligia strigilis agg. | Marbled Minor agg. | 03/06/2018 | 20/06/2018 | 11 | 23 | |
| 73.176 | Oligia fasciuncula | Middle-barred Minor | 09/06/2018 | 24/06/2018 | 7 | 11 | |
| 73.267 | Lacanobia oleracea | Bright-line Brown-eye | 07/06/2018 | 24/06/2018 | 5 | 5 | |
| 73.270 | Melanchra persicariae | Dot Moth | 26/06/2018 | 28/06/2018 | 2 | 2 | |
| 73.274 | Mamestra brassicae | Cabbage Moth | 11/06/2018 | 11/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 73.281 | Hadena bicruris | Lychnis | 30/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 73.282 | Hadena compta | Varied Coronet | 10/06/2018 | 25/06/2018 | 3 | 3 | |
| 73.293 | Mythimna impura | Smoky Wainscot | 20/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 6 | 6 | |
| 73.317 | Agrotis exclamationis | Heart & Dart | 03/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 27 | 183 | |
| 73.319 | Agrotis segetum | Turnip Moth | 06/06/2018 | 06/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 73.325 | Agrotis puta | Shuttle-shaped Dart | 03/06/2018 | 05/06/2018 | 3 | 5 | |
| 73.327 | Agrotis ipsilon | Dark Sword-grass | 18/06/2018 | 18/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | |
| 73.328 | Axylia putris | Flame | 10/06/2018 | 29/06/2018 | 5 | 7 | |
| 73.329 | Ochropleura plecta | Flame Shoulder | 03/06/2018 | 18/06/2018 | 7 | 14 | |
| 73.333 | Diarsia mendica | Ingrailed Clay | 05/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 6 | 7 | |
| 73.334 | Diarsia rubi | Small Square-spot | 03/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 5 | 5 | |
| 73.342 | Noctua pronuba | Large Yellow Underwing | 07/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 15 | 37 | |
| 73.359 | Xestia c-nigrum | Setaceous Hebrew Character | 03/06/2018 | 16/06/2018 | 5 | 11 | |
| 73.361 | Xestia triangulum | Double-square Spot | 03/06/2018 | 30/06/2018 | 14 | 22 | |
| 73.368 | Naenia typica | Gothic | 28/06/2018 | 28/06/2018 | 1 | 1 |
Annual Comparison
| Year | Nights Trapped | Species Trapped | Total Moths Trapped | Average moths per Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 28 | 108 | 798 | 28.50 |
| 2017 | 28 | 111 | 819 | 29.25 |
| 2016 | 24 | 55 | 173 | 7.20 |
| 2015 | 24 | 55 | 169 | 7.04 |
| 2014 | 27 | 97 | 396 | 14.67 |
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