| Genital determinations from my September visit to Haugh Woods in Herefordshire have added a Nepticulid: Zimmermannia atrifrontella and a Gelechiid: Carpatolechia decorella. Genital determinations for other people have added Caryocolum viscariella (from Mick Scott) and Cadra cautella (from Bill Crooks).  04.079 Zimmermannia atrifrontella; Haugh Woods; 07/09/2023 1755 Species presented |  35.129 Caryocolum viscariella; St Mary's; 03/08/2023  35.147 Carpatolechia decorella; Haugh Woods; 07/09/2023  62.067 Cadra cautella; Dagenham; 17/09/2023 (image © Bill Crooks) |
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 70.159? Eupithecia oxycedrata; St Mary's; 01/10/2023; FIRST FOR BRITAIN
1751 Species presented
A 2 day trip to Portland, Dorset at the end of August produced only one new species  47.004 Epermenia aequidentellus; Portland; 29/08/2023 An evening at Haugh Woods, Herefordshire (a detour on the way back from Cumbria to Essex) on 7th was successful in finding Oak Lutestring, 17 of them by 11pm.  65.014 Cymatophorina diluta (Oak Lutestring); Haugh Woods; 07/09/2023 Trapping on Foulness on 9th I obtained my first Beautiful Marbled, unfortunately not the most beautiful specimen.  72.074 Eublemma purpurina (Beautiful Marbled); Foulness; 09/09/2023 Trapping on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly has added Diasemiopsis ramburialis  63.044 Diasemiopsis ramburialis; St Mary's; 16/09/2023 The genital determination service has added two species: 15.013 Caloptilia hemidactylella, obtained by Simon Wood, is a FIRST FOR ESSEX; and 49.03?? Clepsis peritana, obtained by Daniel Blyton is the SECOND FOR BRITAIN - this was first recorded in Staffordshire on 20th July 2023, as far as I know it has not yet been assigned a log number.
1749 species presented
Further dissections from my trips in June have added Phyllonorycter dubitella and Cnephasia conspersana
2 weeks in the Scottish Highlands have added 3 species.  70.228 Epione vespertaria (Dark Bordered Beauty); Insh Marshes; 01/08/2023
A night at Orlestone Forest has added Dusky Hook-tip  65.004 Drepana curvatula (Dusky Hook-tip); Orlestone Forest; 16/08/2023 And a search for Marsh Mallow Moth along the Medway was successful  73.125 Hydraecia osseola (Marsh Mallow Moth); Burham; 22/08/023 A trip to the Middlewick Ranges, nr Colchester, with the Essex Moth Group on 23rd August has added Nemapogon falstriella and White-spotted Pinion
Specimens sent to the Genital Determination Service have resulted in reappraisal of Delplanqueia with a page on the separation of D.dilutella/D.inscriptella and reidentification of one specimen as D.inscriptella which is new for the site. Another specimen caused me to examine the criteria for separating Cnephasia pasiuana from C.pumicana - with the conclusion that these two should be remerged until/unless further evidence supporting the split becomes available. For now I will only recognise C.pasiuana. See Cnephasia pumicana Together with finding C.conspersana and the the work done on C.pasiuana/pumicana I have written a long overdue page on identification of Cnephasia species. 49.303 Clavigesta sylvestrana has also been added  49.303 Clavigesta sylvestrana; Chantry Fireld NR; 02/08/2023 (specimen and image provided by Graham Ekins) 1743 species presented
Dissection from my trip to Cumbria in June have added 2 Nepticulid species
On 8th July I potted a small tortrix which was resting on my car as I was about to leave home to set traps on Foulness. After a mammoth trapping session with >2000 moths of 180 species, 13 of which were new for Foulness, I found that the only moth new to me was this small tortix.  49.3275 Cydia interscindana; Westcliff-on-sea; 08/07/2023 Seven species have been added from the genital determination service. These include Augasma aeratella which has not been seen in Britain since 1956 and was considered extinct. There have been several subsequent records in southern England all to the NI moth lure. In association with identifying Pammene suspectana I have written a page to aid the identification of the difficult P.albuginana group.
1732 species presented
A trip to Hampshire with an overnight trapping session on 30th May added Drab Looper (netted in midday sunshine over wood spurge), Bucculatrix frangulatella (netted in evening sunshine); Dingy Mocha and Pammene germmana (to light trap).
A trip to Cumbria with trapping at several sites has added Ebiblema turbidana, Pammene ochsenheimeriana and Eudonia lineola (and will probably add one or two other species once the Coleophora, Elachista and Nepticulids have been identified).
Identifications confirmed by my genital determination service has also added Cydia pactolana - FIRST FOR ESSEX, Denisia albimaculea - also FIRST FOR ESSEX and Cymolomia hartigiana - SECOND FOR BRITAIN  28.005 Denisia albimaculea; Colchester; 10/06/2023; to light; specimen provided by Alec Undrill  49.176 Cymolomia hartigiana; Falmouth; 11/06/2023; to light; specimen and image provided by Elliott Cornelius  49.336 Cydia pactolana; Shenfield; 23/05/2023; to STR pheromone; specimen provided by Roberta Legg 04.100 Ectoedemia minimella removed (misidentification)
1722 species presented Found Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella) on my kitchen wall on 10th April and my genital determination service has added Stigmella perpymaeella - total species presented now 1713  62.062 Plodia interpunctella; Westcliff-on-sea; 10/04/2023  04.054 Stigmella perpygmaeella; Great Holland; 25/04/2023 (image © Gavin Price) 1 species added (trapped by Mick Scott) 1711 species presented  73.089 Spodoptera littoralis (Mediterranean Brocade); St Mary's; 29/10/2022 British Lepidoptera checklist updated with amendments from 6th Update (Ent Rec Jan/Feb 2023).
Relevent pages of the website also updated. 36.002 Batrachedra pinicolella reidentified as 36.0029 B.confusella following the split.
1710 species presented
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