Trips 2003

Pitsford Reservoir

15th August 2003


Six 125W MV lights and one actinic

Lights on between 21:00hrs to 24:00hrs

Minimum of 6degC

Mostly clear skies

B&F Vernacular Name Scientific name
National Distribution
15 Orange Swift Hepialus sylvina
C
1651 Chinese Character Cilix glaucata
C
1652 Peach Blossom Thyatira batis
C
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata
C
1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata
C
1759 Small Pheonix Ecliptopera silaceata
C
1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria
C
1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
C
1893 Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata
C
1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
C
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria
C
1914 Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria
C
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria
C
1955 Common White Wave Cabera pusaria
C
1956 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata
C
2007 Swallow Prominent Pheosia tremula
C
2008 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina
C
2009 Maple Prominent Ptilodontella cucullina
L
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta
C
2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba
C
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe
C
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum
C
2133 Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata
C
2134 Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa
C
2198 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
C
2199 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens
C
2297 Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea
C
2306 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa
C
2312 Olive Ipimorpha subtusa
L
2318 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina
C
2341 Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula
C
2343 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis
C
2353 Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea
C
2361 Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea
C
2403 Bordered Straw Heliothis peltigera
M
2441 Silver Y Autographa gamma
M
2450 Spectacle Abrostola tripartita
C
2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis
C
2477 Snout Hypena proboscidalis
C
Total number of species:
39
Key to National Distribution (Waring 1994 & 1999)
C Common = Recorded in 301 or more 10Km grid squares in UK since 01/1/1980
L Local = Recorded in 101 to 300 grid squares
U Uncommon = On alien foodplant, less that 100 grid squares
Nb Nationally Scarce b = Recorded in 31 to 100 grid squares
Na Nationally Scarce a = Recorded in 16 to 30 grid squares
pRDB Proposed Red Data Book = Species declining, proposed for inclusion to Red Data Book
RDB Red Data Book = Recorded in 15 or fewer grid squares
M Migrant = Flown / transported by wind from sources outside the British Isles
RM Rare Migrant = As above, ten or fewer records in the British Isles