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Wincham 12th/13th August 2015

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12th/13th August 2015 Wincham Cheshire trap opened 5.30am-7.30am.
Species list followed by number in trap.

Weather conditions - dry, still and cloudy.
Acrobasis advenella - 1
Agrotis puta (Shuttle-shaped Dart) - 2

Amphipoea oculea (Ear Moth) - 5
Amphipyra pyramidea (Copper Underwing) - 1
Blastobasis adustella - 1
Cryphia domestica (Marbled Beauty) - 4

Coenobia rufa (Small Rufous) - 1
Cosmia trapezina (The Dun-bar) - 1
Drepana falcataria falcataria (Pebble Hook-tip) - 1
Ecliptopera silaceata (Small Phoenix) - 4

Eilema griseola (Dingy Footman) - 3
Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth) - 3
Epirrhoe alternata (Common Carpet) - 1
Falcaria lacertinaria (Scalloped Hook-tip) - 1

Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House-moth) - 2
Hypsopygia costalis (Gold Triangle) - 2

Idaea aversata (Riband Wave) - 6
Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic) - 15
Mythimna pallens (Common Wainscot) - 1

Noctua fimbriata (Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing) - 2
Noctua janthe (Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing)  - 8
Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) - 22

Notodonta ziczac (Pebble Prominent) - 1
Ochropleura plecta (Flame Shoulder) - 1
Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Willow Beauty) - 1

Pleuroptya ruralis (Mother of Pearl) - 1
Scotopteryx chenopodiata (Shaded Broad-bar) - 1
Thalpophila matura (Straw Underwing) - 2
Xanthorhoe designata (Flame Carpet) - 1
Yponomeuta evonymella (Bird-cherry Ermine) - 2


Other species in Trap
Athripsodes albifrons - 1
Chrysoperla carnea - 2
Mystacides longicornis - 1
Oecetis ochracea - 1


Several macro and micro-moths not yet identified.

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Athripsodes albifrons
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Oecetis ochracea
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Chrysoperla carnea
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Mystacides longicornis - 1
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Acrobasis advenella
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Amphipyra pyramidea (Copper Underwing)
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Coenobia rufa (Small Rufous)
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Ecliptopera silaceata (Small Phoenix)
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Epirrhoe alternata (Common Carpet)
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Hypsopygia costalis (Gold Triangle)
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Mythimna pallens (Common Wainscot)
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Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing)
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Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Willow Beauty)
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Thalpophila matura (Straw Underwing)
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Agrotis puta (Shuttle-shaped Dart)
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Blastobasis adustella
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Cosmia trapezina (The Dun-bar)
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Eilema griseola (Dingy Footman)
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Falcaria lacertinaria (Scalloped Hook-tip)
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Idaea aversata (Riband Wave)
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Noctua fimbriata (Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing)
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Notodonta ziczac (Pebble Prominent)
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Pleuroptya ruralis (Mother of Pearl)
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Xanthorhoe designata (Flame Carpet)
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Amphipoea oculea (Ear Moth)
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Cryphia domestica (Marbled Beauty)
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Drepana falcataria falcataria (Pebble Hook-tip)
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Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth)
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Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House-moth)
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Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic)
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Noctua janthe (Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing)
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Ochropleura plecta (Flame Shoulder)
Picture
Scotopteryx chenopodiata (Shaded Broad-bar)
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Yponomeuta evonymella (Bird-cherry Ermine)


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