British Lepidoptera

November & December 2020

9/11/2020

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By year end the off-season dissections had added 4 new species bringing the total presented to 1624.

04.005 Stigmella betulicola; Orlestone; 24/06/2020

49.242 Epinotia nanana; Orlestone; 24/06/2020

35.080 Oxypteryx unicolorella; Orlestone; 17/06/2020

62.017 Sciota adelphella; Foulness; 08/08/2020

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September 2020

13/9/2020

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3 species added this month. Total now 1624.

72.079 Catocala electa (Rosy Underwing); Corfe Castle; 05/09/2020

12.041 Monopis monachella; Westleton; 03/09/2020

73.344 Noctua orbona (Lunar Yellow Underwing); Westleton; 03/09/2020

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The warm spell at the end of July / beginning of August proved quite productive with 12 species added to the site. During this spell I obtained my first and then 6 subsequent Gypsy Moths; 2 seconds for Essex, and Harpella forficella which was new to Britain in 2011.

1621 Species presented.

12.021 Nemapogon clematella; Pound Wood; 05/08/2020

28.023 Harpella forficella; Orlestone Forest; 12/08/2020

35.133 Caryocolum blandella; Pound Wood; 22/07/2020

37.058 Coleophora conspicuella; Pound Wood; 13/07/2020

61.003 Thecla betulae (Brown Hairstreak); Bernwood Meadows; 31/07/2020

72.032 Coscinia cribraria (Speckled Footman); Foulness; 31/07/2020 2nd ESSEX RECORD

15.016 Euspilapteryx aroguttella; Pound Wood; 05/08/2020

17.006 Ypsolopha horridella; Pound Wood; 13/08/2020

34.014 Sorhagenia janiszewskae; Pound Wood; 05/08/2020 2nd ESSEX RECORD

35.137 Caryocolum tricolorella; Pound Wood; 05/08/2020

49.148 Apotomis lineana; Foulness; 08/08/2020

72.011 Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth); Foulness; 31/07/2020

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July 2020

4/7/2020

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6 species added this months
Total presented 1609

37.054 Coleophora currucipennella; Orlestone Forest; 24/06/2020

49.344 Cydia inquinatana; Strumpshaw Fen; 25/06/2020

52.003 Sesia bembeciformis (Lunar Hornet Moth); Westcliff-on-sea; 12/07/2020

04.005 Stigmella microtheriella; Orlestone Forest; 17/06/2020

49.017 Choristoneura diversana (Forest Tortrix); Orlestone Forest; 17/06/2020

73.303 Leucania putrescens (Devonshire Wainscot); Morte Point; 09/07/2020

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June 2020

9/6/2020

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7 Species added to the site this month
1603 species presented in total

49.311 Dichrorampha aeratana; Foulness; 29/05/2020

54.001 Jordanita globulariae (Scarce Forester); Lewes Down; 13/06/2020

62.047 Assara terebrella; Orlestone Forest, 17/06/2020

70.196 Chesias rufata (Broom-tip); Thetford Forest; 11/06/2020

32.003 Luquetia lobella; Foulness; 13/06/2020

63.041 Agrotera nemoralis; Orlestone Forest; 17/06/2020

73.034 Moma alpium (Scarce Merveille du Jour); Orlestone Forest; 17/06/2020

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May 2020

8/4/2020

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Continued work on revising the Coleophoridae during April has removed another species (37.053 C.betulella) as a misidentifiation.

Some easing of the Coronavirus lockdown allowed for a mothing session at Orlestone forest, producing 3 new species for me, and a visit to Thetford Forest with Ben added Tawny Wave (but still no Grey Carpet).

19.006 Glyphiterix forsterella; Orlestone Forest; 18/05/2020

28.013 Crassa tinctella; Orlestone Forest; 18/05/2020

37.106 Coleophora paripennella; Orlestone Forest; 18/05/2020

1596 species presented

70.022 Scopula rubiginata (Tawny Wave); Thetford Forest; 25/05/2020

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March 2020

1/3/2020

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For some time, I have noticed an occasional glitch on the site in which an image appears on a species page which is clearly the wrong image and involving a different species. I have now worked out that this is because each new Canon camera starts numbering files from 0, so that images taken with different cameras end up having the same filename. Although the correct image is entered on the site when first uploaded, once the page is published Weebly reverts to the first file it finds with that filename. I have renamed images as I find them - but if anyone notices this sort of error please let me know and I will correct them.

Currently I am working on an extensive revision of the Coleophora keys. I will field test these this year (if coronavirus permits) with the aim of publishing next winter. As part of this revision I have removed 37.090 C.artemisicolella from the website (misidentification).

1593 species presented

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February 2020

19/2/2020

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Further dissections have revealed two new species this month. Stenoptinea marmorea is an RDB species, this is the 2nd Essex record and possibly only the 9th British record.

Genus identification pages written for Monopis and Acrobasis

1594 species presented.

12.008 Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorea; Pound Wood; 11/07/2019

38.036 Elachista humilis; Great Calva; 24/06/2019

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January 2020

23/1/2020

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Some work on distinguishing the Ancylis geminana /subarcuana/ diminutana complex has led to considering a specimen I obtained in 2011 as probably A.diminutana - a new species for the site.
Dissections from a visit to Cliburn Moss in June have produced 2 new species: Parornix scoticella and Monochroa suffusella. - the latter being the first record of this species for Cumbria and the most northerly record of this species for Great Britain.
1592 Species presented.