Trips 2004

Salcey Forest

9th July 2004

Eight 125W MVs and three Actinics
Lights operated from 10:00pm to 01:15am
Temperature 11°C at 10:00pm dropping to 6°C at 00:15am
Mostly clear sky, light breeze and no rain
B&F Vernacular Name Scientific name
National Distribution
Approx. Numbers
1634 Lackey Malacosoma neustria
C
3
1640 Drinker Euthrix potatoria
C
8
1653 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides
C
2
1655 Poplar Lutestring Tethea or
L
1
1669 Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria
C
2
1673 Small Emerald Hemistola chrysoprasaria
L
3
1682 Blood-vein Timandra comai
C
2
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata
C
20
1708 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata
C
4
1713 Riband Wave Idaea aversata
C
11
1752 Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata
C
2
1758 Barred Straw Eulithis pyraliata
C
2
1759 Small Pheonix Ecliptopera silaceata
C
1
1765 Barred Yellow Cidaria fulvata
C
5
1777 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata
C
6
1789 Scallop Shell Rheumaptera undulata
L
1
1887 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata
C
35
1893 Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata
C
2
1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
C
2
1917 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria
C
3
1921 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria
C
1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria
C
3
1941 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata
C
7
1944 Pale Oak Beauty Hypomecis punctinalis
C
25
1947 Engrailed Ectropis bistortata
C
16
1950 Brindled White-spot Parectropis similaria
L
1
1954 Bordered White Bupalus piniaria
C
2
1956 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata
C
4
1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata
C
5
1962 Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria
C
1
1978 Pine Hawk-moth Hyloicus pinastri
L
1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor
C
1
2008 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina
C
1
2011 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina
C
4
2030 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis
C
4
2049 Buff Footman Eilema depressa
L
1
2050 Common Footman Eilema lurideola
C
4
2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis
C
2
2098 Flame Axylia putris
C
3
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta
C
1
2128 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum
C
3
2198 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
C
10
2199 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens
C
2
2225 Minor Shoulder-knot Brachylomia viminalis
C
6
2278 Poplar Grey Acronicta megacephala
C
7
2302 Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea
C
1
2314 Dingy Shears Parastichtis ypsillon
L
1
2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha
C
3
2322 Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea
C
3
2327 Clouded Brindle Apamea epomidion
C
1
2335 Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina
C
2
2339 Tawny Marbled Minor Oligia latruncula
C
1
2340 Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula
C
1
2345 Small Dotted Buff Photedes minima
C
9
2349 Mere Wainscot Chortodes fluxa
Nb
2
2381 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines
C
6
2387 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus
C
2
2443 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota
C
1
2469 Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix
C
1
2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis
C
3
2477 Snout Hypena proboscidalis
C
10
2484 Pinion-streaked Snout Schrankia costaestrigalis
L
3
Species Total
62
Key to National Distribution (Waring 1994 & 1999)
C Common Recorded in 301 or more 10Km grid squares since 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