Bournemouth 8th-15th August

We had a lovely holiday in Bournemouth for a week, and I took my little portable actinic trap with me.

 

The mothing was tough, as I battled cool and clear nights to start with, coupled with a big bright moon.

 

As the week went on though the weather at night was fantastic, but the moths never really got going, and numbers were disappointing, I was also plagued by wasps and hornets.

Species were good though, and it was great to catch some that I don't see around these parts.

 

Best for me were Horse Chestnut, Balsam Carpet, a year first Lesser Swallow Prominent (unbelievably), Agriphila latistria, Bordered Straw, a lovely pink-flushed Clay Triple-lines & Ptocheuusa paupella.

 

Some rarities also caught my eye, Cochylimorpha alternana was a new moth for me and quite scarce nationally. A Gynnidomorpha species could prove to be minimana (with it's angulate fascia band) although it is probably alismana. minimina would be new for Hampshire, so the specimen was retained.

 

All in all a great week away supplemented by some good moths. 

 

Macro Moths

Angle Shades 
Balsam Carpet 
Bordered Beauty 
Bordered Straw 
Brimstone Moth
Clay Triple-lines 
Cloaked Minor 
Clouded Border 
Common Rustic 
Common Wave 
Copper Underwing 
Dingy Footman 
Double-striped Pug 
Dusky Thorn 
Flame Shoulder 
Garden Carpet 
Gypsy Moth 
Heart & Dart 
Horse Chestnut
Jersey Tiger 
Large Yellow Underwing 
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Light Emerald 
Lime-speck Pug 
Maiden's Blush 
Narrow-winged Pug
Oak Hook-tip 
Oak Eggar 
Pale Mottled Willow
Peacock Moth 
Poplar Hawk-moth 
Rosy Footman 
Rosy Rustic 
Sallow Kitten 
Setaceous Hebrew Character 
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Single-dotted Wave 
Small Dusty Wave 
Small Seraphim
Straw Dot 
Square-spot Rustic 
Tawny-barred Angle 
Tawny Speckled Pug 
Turnip Moth 
Vine's Rustic 
V-pug 
Willow Beauty 
Wormwood Pug
Yellow Shell 
Yellow-tail 

Micro Moths

Acentria emphemerella 
Acleris variegana 
Acrobasis advenella 
Agapeta hamana 
Agonopterix alstromeriana 
Agonopterix arenella 
Agonopterix ocellana
Agriphila inquinatella 
Agriphila latistria
Agriphila selasella
Agriphila straminella 
Agriphila tristella 
Aristotelia ericinella
Bactra sp
Blastobasis adustella 
Bryotropha affinis 
Bryotropha domestica
Bryotropha terrella 
Bucculatrix cristatella 
Bucculatrix ulmella 
Calamotropha paludella
Carcina quercana 
Cataclysta lemnata 
Catoptria falsella 
Celypha lacunana 
Celypha striana 
Clepsis spectrana 
Cochylichroa atricapitana
Cochylimorpha alternana
Coleophora alcyonipennella frischella 
Coleophora sp x2
Cydia pomonella 
Cydia splendana 
Cydia ulicetana
Depressaria radiella
Emmelina monodactyla 
Epiphyas postvittana 
Epinotia nisella 
Ephestia sp 
Ethmia quadrilella 
Euzophera pinguis 
Gynnidomorpha sp
Hofmannophila pseudospretella 
Homoeosoma sinuella 
Metalampra italica 
Mirificarma mulinella
Neocochylis molliculana 
Nomophila noctuella 
Nymphula nitidulata 
Ostrinia nubilalis 
Pammene aurita
Pandemis heparana 
Parapoynx stratiotata
Pediasia contaminella
Phycita roborella 
Pleuroptya ruralis 
Plutella xylostella 
Ptocheuusa paupella
Scoparia ambigualis 
Scythropia crataegella 
Tachystola acroxantha 
Tinea trinotella 
Udea ferrugalis 
Yponomeuta rorrella 
Yponomeuta cag mal pad 
Ypsolopha sequella

Nymphula nitidulata

Agonopterix ocellana

Agriphila latistria

Balsam Carpet

Bordered Straw

Clay Triple-lines

Cochylimorpha alternana

Coleophora sp

Depressaria radiella

Ethmia quadrillella

Gynnidomorpha sp

Horse Chestnut

Mirificarma mulinella