FlyinginFordham: Some more garden moths

Another good catch last Wednesday, still nowhere near catching up my my reports!

A great selection of macros and micros were featured in the catch, with many new ones for the year.

The temperature was once again warm, even hot at 28 degrees and with lows of 18c, it was the perfect storm for moth activity.

Keeping it short, the best were two new garden micro moths, the first, the Rose Tortrix (Archips rosana). A really dumpy looking species compared with the longer-winged cerasana/heparana.

The second was a well overdue common moth, Teleiodes luculella. But it is associated more with mature Oaks, which there aren't many of round here sadly.

Royal Mantle was lovely to see, as was a fresh Six-belted Clearwing to it's own lure during the day.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 420 species

18/06/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Brown-line Bright-eye 1 [NFY]
Dingy Shears 1 [NFY]
Royal Mantle 1 [NFY]
Scarce Footman 1 [NFY]
Six-belted Clearwing 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Acrobasis advenella 1 [NFY]
Archips rosana 1 [NFG]
Carcina quercana 1 [NFY]
Lozotaeniodes formosana 1 [NFY]
Pyrausta despicata 1 [NFY]
Sorhagenia rhamniella 1 [NFY]
Teleiodes luculella 1 [NFG]
Phyllocnistis sp 1 (TBC)