Trips 2005

Castor Hanglands

9th April 2005

8 x 125MV and 4x Actinic
Lights operated from 8:00pm to 11:30pm
Temperature of 8°C at dusk, dropping to 7°C.
Cloudy, dry, but with strong northerly wind
B&F
Vernacular Name
Scientific name
National Status
Approx. Numbers
1663
March Moth
Alsophila aescularia
C
3
1746
Shoulder Stripe
Anticlea badiata
C
8
1747
Streamer
Anticlea derivata
C
4
1750
Water Carpet
Lampropteryx suffumata
C
21
1852
Brindled Pug
Eupithecia abbreviata
C
15
1888
Scorched Carpet
Ligdia adustata
L
2
1917
Early Thorn
Selenia dentaria
C
2
1919
Purple Thorn
Selenia tetralunaria
C
1
1947
Engrailed
Ectropis bistortata
C
2
2139
Red Chestnut
Cerastis rubricosa
C
15
2140
White-marked
Cerastis leucographa
L
2
2182
Small Quaker
Orthosia cruda
C
51
2187
Common Quaker
Orthosia cerasi
C
36
2188
Clouded Drab
Orthosia incerta
C
14
2189
Twin-spotted Quaker
Orthosia munda
C
3
2190
Hebrew Character
Orthosia gothica
C
32
2243
Early Grey
Xylocampa areola
C
6
2256
Satellite
Eupsilia transversa
C
1
2258
Chestnut
Conistra vaccinii
C
11
Species Total
19
Key to National Distribution Status (Waring 1994 & 1999)
C
Common = Recorded in 301 or more 10Km grid squares in UK since 1st January 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