Moths of Northamptonshire

Trips 2008

Whittlebury Woods

4th July 2008

Methods used: 8 MV and 4 actinic light traps
Lights operated: 21:30hrs to dawn
Temperature: 15°C dropping to 10°C
Weather: Cloudy with odd shower, light breeze from south

B&F	Vernacular Name	Scientific Name	National Distribution	Approx. Numbers
1634	Lackey	Malacosoma neustria	Common	3
1640	Drinker	Euthrix potatoria	Common	8
1653	Buff Arches	Habrosyne pyritoides	Common	5
1673	Small Emerald	Hemistola chrysoprasaria	Local	1
1708	Single-dotted Wave	Idaea dimidiata	Common	1
1713	Riband Wave	Idaea aversata	Common	3
1738	Common Carpet	Epirrhoe alternata	Common	1
1742	Yellow Shell	Camptogramma bilineata	Common	1
1765	Barred Yellow	Cidaria fulvata	Common	1
1766	Blue-bordered Carpet	Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata	Common	1
1887	Clouded Border	Lomaspilis marginata	Common	1
1893	Tawny-barred Angle	Macaria liturata	Common	3
1906	Brimstone Moth	Opisthograptis luteolata	Common	1
1922	Swallow-tailed Moth	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Common	2
1931	Peppered Moth	Biston betularia	Common	2
1941	Mottled Beauty	Alcis repandata	Common	5
1944	Pale Oak Beauty	Hypomecis punctinalis	Common	1
1948	Small Engrailed	Ectropis crepuscularia	Local	1
1951	Grey Birch	Aethalura punctulata	Common	2
1955	Common White Wave	Cabera pusaria	Common	1
1961	Light Emerald	Campaea margaritata	Common	3
1979	Lime Hawk-moth	Mimas tiliae	Common	1
1981	Poplar Hawk-moth	Laothoe populi	Common	1
1994	Buff-tip	Phalera bucephala	Common	3
1999	Lobster Moth	Stauropus fagi	Common	1
2000	Iron Prominent	Notodonta dromedarius	Common	1
2003	Pebble Prominent	Notodonta ziczac	Common	1
2008	Coxcomb Prominent	Ptilodon capucina	Common	2
2030	Yellow-tail	Euproctis similis	Common	6
2089	Heart and Dart	Agrotis exclamationis	Common	15
2102	Flame Shoulder	Ochropleura plecta	Common	8
2107	Large Yellow Underwing	Noctua pronuba	Common	60
2126	Setaceous Hebrew Character	Xestia c-nigrum	Common	4
2128	Double Square-spot	Xestia triangulum	Common	1
2193	Clay	Mythimna ferrago	Common	8
2198	Smoky Wainscot	Mythimna impura	Common	20
2199	Common Wainscot	Mythimna pallens	Common	10
2279	Sycamore	Acronicta aceris	Local	2
2284	Grey Dagger	Acronicta psi	Common	1
2318	Dun-bar	Cosmia trapezina	Common	25
2321	Dark Arches	Apamea monoglypha	Common	20
2330	Dusky Brocade	Apamea remissa	Common	1
2333	Large Nutmeg	Apamea anceps	Local	2
2337	Marbled Minor	Oligia strigilis	Common	10
2340	Middle-barred Minor	Oligia fasciuncula	Common	7
2345	Small Dotted Buff	Photedes minima	Common	8
2381	Uncertain	Hoplodrina alsines	Common	6
2382	Rustic	Hoplodrina blanda	Common	5
2421	Scarce Silver-lines	Bena bicolorana	Local	2
2473	Beautiful Hook-tip	Laspeyria flexula	Local	1
2474	Straw Dot	Rivula sericealis	Common	10
2477	Snout	Hypena proboscidalis	Common	1
		Species Total:	52