I set the trap on wednesday night and had a very busy trap in the morning with 280 moths of about 90 species. Plenty of FFY with
buff footman, phoenix, swallow-tail, Argolamprotes micella (x5), Donacaula forficella (2nd ever), Paraswammerdamia nebulella (3rd ever) some highlights. I also had a lot of micros, some of which I need help with please and most of which would be new if confirmed. 2 new species I am pretty confident about include
Apotomis semifasciana and
Epagoge grotiana. Apologies for terrible quality of most of the photos - my excuse is that I was in a rush...
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| 1. Acrobasis marmorea? |
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| 2. Coleophora lineolea? |
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| 3. Coleophora trifolii? |
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| 4. Nepticulid? |
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| 5. Not sure |
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| 6. Phalonidia manniana? |
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| 7. Pseudatemelia josephinae? |
1. agreed
ReplyDelete2. COuld be, but hard to be sure of Coleophora spp from photos
3. Depends how big it was. C trifolii is much bigger than the other metallic species
4. Not a nepticulid but I don't have any better suggestions
5. Epinotia cruciana
6. Looks good I think, but not one I know
7. WOuld need gen det to be sure
Tricky bunch.
ReplyDelete1. Yes I think A. marmorea
2. I wouldn't do a pale Coleophora from a photo - dissection job as far as I'm concerned.
3. Could be, but depends on the size C. trifolii is the biggest of the glossy green ones by some distance.
4. isn't a Nepticulid - it lacks the eye caps. Maybe an Elachista or Ocnerostoma?
5. looks like Epinotia cruciana.
I'll get back to you on the other two shortly.
Thanks both - synchronised replies!
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ReplyDeleteFunny that after 3 days of no replies to this post we both replied at exactly the same time! And good to see we are in agreement.
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