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On May the 4th 2003 we received a visit from the Devon Moth Group under the leadership of Roy F Mccormick. There was quite a Souwesterly wind blowing , with lots of cloud cover and a temperature of only ten degrees centigrade.Nevertheless the following species were identified. The hyperlinks will take you through to the very excellent site of UK moths where you can find out more details and ,in some cases view a picture. 006 Eriocrania subpurpurella (haw) 0150 Adela reamurella Linn.   0986 Syndemis musculana Hb. ssp musculana Hb 1136 Epinotia immundana F.v.R Dark Barred twin Spot Carpet 1725 Xanthorhoe ferrugata Cl. Water Carpet 1750 Lamproteryx suffumata D & S Small Phoenix 1759 Ecliptopera silaceata D & S Brocken barred Carpet 1773 Electrophaes corylata Thunb. Brindled Pug 1852 Eupithecia abbreviata Steph. Early Tooth Striped 1881 Trichopteryx carpinata Borkh Barred Umber 1903 Plagodis pulveraria Linn Brimstone Moth 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Linn. Scalloped Hazel 1920 Odontoptera bidentata Cl Common Wave 1956 Cabera exanthemata Scop. Iron Prominent 2000 Eligmodonta dromedariius Linn. Pebble prominent 2003 Nodonta ziczac Linn Great prominent 2005 Peridea anceps Goeze Pale Prominent 2011 Pterostoma palppina Cl Lunar marbled Brown 2015 Drymonia ruficornis Hufn Flame Shoulder 2102 Ochropleura plecta Linn Red Chestnut 2139 Cerastis rubricosa D & S Small Quaker 2182 Orthosia cruda D & S Common Quaker 2187 Orthosia cerasi Fabr Hebrew character 2190 Orthosia gothica Linn Angle Shades 2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Linn Nut Tree Tussock 2425 Colocasia coryli Linn Our thanks to John Randall for organising the evening. The Devon Moth Group visited us again on 21st June 2003 and had a far more successful evening. Fifteen traps were set in various parts of field two both in the woodland and in the open field. Again the visit was led by Roy F Mccormick. The weather was a bit better this time and 132 species were identified. Gold Swift 0016 Hepialus hecta 0288 Caloptilia stigmatella Fabr 0412 Argyresthia Pygmaeella Hb Ash Bud moth 0449 Prays fraxinella Bjerk 0945 Aethes cnicana Westw Barred Fruit tree Tortrix 0970 Pandemiscerasana Hb 1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana Fabr Light Grey Tortrix 1024 Cnephasia incertana Treit 1076 Celypha lacunana D & S 1111 Bactra lancealana Hb Bramble shoot moth 1175 Epiblema uddmanniana Linn 1178Epiblema roborana D & S 1201 Eucosma cana Haw 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Linn   1294 Crambus pascuella Linn 1334 Scoparia ambigualis Treit Small Magpie 1376 Eurrhypara hortlata Linn 1392 Udea olivalis D & S   1433 Crytolabes bistriga Haw Fox Moth 1638 Macrothylacia rubi Linn Drinker 1640 Euthrix potatoria Linn Drinker 1640 Euthrix potatoria Linn larvaue Scalloped Hook Tip 1645 Falcaria lacertinaria Linn Peach Blossom 1652 Thyatira batis Linn Buff Arches 1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Hufn Figure of Eighty 1654 Tethea ocularis Linn ssp octogesimea Hb. England Common Lutestring 1657 Ochropacha duplaris Linn Large Emerald 1666 Geometra papilionaria linn Common emerald 1669 Hemithea aestivaria Hb Birch Mocha 1677 Cyclophora albipunctata Hufn Blood Vein 1682 Timandra Comae Sch. Cream Wave 1693 Scopula floslactata Haw ssp. floslactata Haw. England Riband Wave 1713 Idaea aversata Linn Oblique Carpet 1719 Orthonama vittata Borkh. Silver-ground Carpet 1727 Xanthoroe mantanat D & S ssp. montanata D &S Rest of Country Garden Carpet 1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linn ssp. fluctuata Linn. Rest of Country Common Carpet 1738 epirrhoe alternata Mull. ssp. alternata Mull Rest of Country Purple Bar 1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Linn. Barred straw 1758 Eulithis pyraliata D & S Common-marbled Carpet 1764 Chloroclystra truncata Hufn. Broken barred Carpet 1773 Electrophaes corylata Thund. Green Carpet 1776 Colostygia pectinataria Knoch. The Rivulet 1802 Perizoma affinitatum Steph. Small Rivulet 1803 Perizoma alchemillata Linn Sandy Carpet 1808 Perizoma flavofasciata Thunb. Foxglove Pug 1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Steph. ssp. pulchellata Steph. England Grey Pug 1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Haw. Green Pug 1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Linn Double Striped Pug 1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haw. Dingy Shell 1874 Euchoeca nebulata Scop   Move back to Quoditch Moths main page

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