8th June 2013 ... Toadflax Brocade

Two more Toadflax Brocades brightened up an otherwise uneventful night for the garden traps.
This Red Data Book species has been a regular for 3 years.

As a resident species, this moth is restricted to the south-east and central southern coasts of England, where it frequents mainly shingle beaches. It is a relatively recent colonist, arriving around 1950 and quickly gaining a foothold, but appears to be now in decline again.
--- UK Moths
It's certainly not in decline in my little square of  Bedfordshire at present so maybe this neat little moth will become firmly established across the country......

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula

Last nights trap results :-
0648 ... Endrosis sarcitrella ... White-shouldered House-moth ... 6
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana ... Light Brown Apple Moth ... 1
1356 ... Evergestis forficalis ... Garden Pebble ... 1
1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella, ssp. woodiella ... False Cacao Moth ... 1 ... YF

1474 ... Ephestia unicolorella, ssp. woodiella (syn. Ephestia parasitella, ssp. unicolorella)

1727 ... Silver-ground Carpet ... Xanthorhoe montanata ... 1
1728 ... Garden Carpet ... Xanthorhoe fluctuata ... 3
1781 ... Small Waved Umber ... Horisme vitalbata ... 1
1819 ... Mottled Pug ... Eupithecia exiguata ... 2
1834 ... Common Pug ... Eupithecia vulgata ... 1
1837 ... Grey Pug ... Eupithecia subfuscata ... 1 (Not Verified)
1894 ... Latticed Heath ... Chiasma clathrata ... 2 ... YF

1894 ... Latticed Heath ... Chiasma clathrata

1920 ... Scalloped Hazel ... Odontopera bidentata ... 1

1920 ... Scalloped Hazel ... Odontopera bidentata

2060 ... White Ermine ... Spilosoma lubricipeda ... 1

2069 ... Cinnabar ... Tyria jacobaeae ... 1

2089 ... Heart and Dart ... Agrotis exclamationis ... 2

2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart ... Agrotis puta ... 7

2223 ... Toadflax Brocade ... Calophasia lunula ... 2

2278 ... Poplar Grey ... Acronicta megacephala ... 1

2278 ... Poplar Grey ... Acronicta megacephala 

2283/4. Dark/Grey Dagger ... Acronicta tridens/psi ... 1
2334 ... Rustic Shoulder-knot ... Apamea sordens ... 2
2339 ... Tawny Marbled Minor ... Oligia latruncula

2339 ... Tawny Marbled Minor ... Oligia latruncula

2380 ... Treble Lines ... Charanyca trigrammica
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow ... Paradrina clavipalpis
2450 ... Spectacle ... Abrostola tripartita