Probably overlooked in the past, being written off by my untrained eye as Epinotia bilunana.
Now that my eyes are slightly less untrained I am able to add this one to the garden micro list ...
Copper Underwing is in full flow at the moment.
I always check the underside of the hindwing for the first half dozen or so to separate Copper Underwing from Svensson's Copper Underwing until I have both, then I record them as aggregates.
Many a moth has left my garden with a bald head and less scales than when it entered.
Both species are now on my year list.
Last nights list :-
0227 ... Monopis laevigella .. nfy 1
0424 ... Yponomeuta evonymella 2
0455 ... Ypsolopha scabrella 1
0464 ... Plutella xylostella 5
0642 ... Batia unitella 1
0647 ... Hofmannophila pseudospretella 3
0697 ... Agonopterix arenella 2
0779 ... Bryotropha affinis 1
0787 ... Bryotropha terrella 3
0873 ... Blastobasis adustella 3
0874 ... Blastobasis lacticolella 1
801a ... Glechia senticetella 1
0888 ... Mompha propinquella 1
0937 ... Agapeta hamana 2
0972 ... Pandemis heparana 1
0985 ... Cacoecimorpha pronubana 1
0998 ... Epiphyas postvittana 12
1048 ... Acleris variegana 1
1134 ... Epinotia ramella gf 1
1207 ... Clavigesta purdeyi 1
1260 ... Cydia splendana 3
1261 ... Cydia pomonella 1
1293 ... Chrysoteuchia culmella 4
1294 ... Crambus pascuella 2
1304 ... Agriphila straminella 2
1305 ... Agriphila tristella nfy 1
1331 ... Acentria ephemerella 200+
1356 ... Evergestis forficalis 2
1361 ... Pyrausta aurata 6
1424 ... Endotricha flammealis 4
1524 ... Emmelina monodactyla 6
1699 ... Least Carpet 2
1713 ... Riband Wave 3
1728 ... Garden Carpet 1
1742 ... Yellow Shell 2
1781 ... Small Waved Umber 2
1803 ... Small Rivulet 1
1838 ... Tawny Speckled Pug 1
1862 ... Double-striped Pug 1
1906 ... Brimstone Moth 3
1937 ... Willow Beauty 1
1883 ... Yellow-barred Brindle 1
2000 ... Iron Prominent nfy 1
2061 ... Buff Ermine 4
2087 ... Turnip Moth 2
2092 ... Shuttle-shaped Dart 25
2102 ... Flame Shoulder 4
2107 ... Large Yellow Underwing 8
2109 ... Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110 ... Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2111 ... Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2126 ... Setaceous Hebrew Character 7
2145 ... Nutmeg 1
2154 ... Cabbage Moth 2
2155 ... Dot Moth 1
2223 ... Toadflax Brocade 1
2284x . Grey Dagger agg. 2
2293 ... Marbled Beauty 3
2297 ... Copper Underwing 3
2298 ... Svensson's Copper Underwing nfy 1
2299 ... Mouse Moth 1
2303 ... Straw Underwing 6
2321 ... Dark Arches 2
2343x . Common Rustic agg. 24
2361 ... Rosy Rustic nfy 2
2389 ... Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 ... Silver Y 2
2450 ... Spectacle 1
Also 3 micros for ID including an Apotomis sp. which looks to be
1094 ... Apotomis capreana 1
Top to Bottom ...
Monopis laevigella
Agriphila tristella
Iron Prominent
Rosy Rustic
Toadflax Brocade
Apotomis capreana (to be confirmed) nfy pending ID
Looks suspiciously like Apotomis betuletana to me Trent....Well done on the bilunana, I had my first last year but it hasn't put in an appearance this year yet.
ReplyDeleteI have bracketed the two ( betuletana and capreana) pending confirmation. Having had a closer look I'm still not sure but I'm leaning towards betuletana too. I get both of them in the garden but only singles usually. This one (like the ones in the past) is on its way to Mr M for pos ID and one of them will get the red line.
ReplyDeleteI had plenty of bilunana earlier this year, but this is my first ramella. This form looks similar to bilunana which have finished now. Matt gets the ones with the white thorax and complete black back.
Cheers mate