Latest Berkshire moth records
Post date: Dec 30, 2012 11:13:24 PM
More highlights from recent data imports. These include two new micro-moth species for the county, Prochoreutis sehestediana (recorded by David White and David Short, confirmed following dissection by Martin Harvey) and Vitula biviella (recorded by David White, confirmed following dissection by Peter Hall).
From Peter Holland:
1769: Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica), Wallingford, 06/07/2012; 520 records on database - 2nd record for 10km square
2245: Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae), Wallingford, 10/10/2012; 821 records on database - 2nd record for 10km square
From Neil Fletcher:
0038: Ectoedemia subbimaculella, Theale, Berks, 16/10/2011; 23 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0075: Stigmella floslactella, Broadmoor Bottom BBOWT, 13/10/2011; 18 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0080: Stigmella ulmivora, Woolley Firs BBOWT (Compartment 1), Maidenhead , 20/09/2011; 8 records on database - good record, 1st for 10km square
0088: Stigmella samiatella, Wildmoor Heath BBOWT (Compartment 9), Sandhurst, 12/10/2011; 2 records on database - good record, 1st for 10km square
0102: Stigmella aceris, Woolley Firs BBOWT (Compartment 3), Maidenhead, 09/11/2011; 4 records on database - good record, 1st for 10km square
0112: Stigmella luteella, Wildmoor Heath BBOWT (Compartment 10), Sandhurst, 16/11/2011; 10 records on database - good record
0123: Tischeria ekebladella, Wildmoor Heath BBOWT (Compartment 9), Sandhurst, 12/10/2011; 38 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0124: Tischeria dodonaea, Shepperlands BBOWT, Aborfield Garrison, 29/09/2011; 1 records on database - good record, first on database (first in county since 1981)
0129: Incurvaria pectinea, Bray Pit BBOWT, Bray, 15/09/2011; 5 records on database - good record, 1st for 10km square
0164: Cistus Forester (Adscita geryon) - Nationally Scarce/Nb - Seven Barrows BBOWT - Compartment 01, Lambourn, 09/06/2011; 4 records on database - good record
0263: Apple Leaf Miner (Lyonetia clerkella), Broadmoor Bottom BBOWT, 13/10/2011; 101 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0263: Apple Leaf Miner (Lyonetia clerkella), Woolley Firs BBOWT, Maidenhead, 14/07/2011; 101 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0274: Bucculatrix ulmella, Shepperlands BBOWT, Aborfield Garrison, 29/09/2011; 16 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0274: Bucculatrix ulmella, Theale, Berks, 16/10/2011; 16 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0276: Bucculatrix demaryella, Wildmoor Heath BBOWT (Compartment 9), Sandhurst, 12/10/2011; 2 records on database - good record, 1st for 10km square
0332: Phyllonorycter corylifoliella, Broadmoor Bottom BBOWT, 13/10/2011; 38 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0341: Phyllonorycter maestingella, Chawridge Bank BBOWT, Bracknell, Berkshire, 13/07/2011; 20 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0345: Phyllonorycter rajella, Bray Pit BBOWT, Bray, 15/09/2011; 16 records on database - 1st for 10km square
0362: Phyllonorycter acerifoliella, Moor Copse BBOWT (Compartment 29), 08/11/2011; 26 records on database - 1st for 10km square
1297: Crambus uliginosellus - Nationally Scarce B - Wildmoor Heath BBOWT (Compartment 6), Sandhurst, 14/06/2011; 4 records on database - good record, 1st for 10km square, first since the 1980s
From Chris Iles:
Cameraria ohridella, Cumnor Hill, 10/07/2010 - 1st for 10km square
Light Brown Apple Moth, Didcot, Campion Hall Drive, 03/09/2010 - 1st for 10km square
Emma Bonham:
Recently started trapping in Reading in a previously unrecorded tetrad, so providing lots of new dots on the map.
Mike Wilkins:
0462: Ypsolopha sequella, Steventon, 14/08/2012; 45 records on database - Good record
0473: Leek Moth (Acrolepiopsis assectella), Steventon, 27/06/2012; 10 records on database - Good record
0898: Limnaecia phragmitella, Lardon Chase, car park, 18/08/2012; 67 records on database - first for 10km square
1002: Lozotaenia forsterana, Steventon, 22/06/2012; 149 records on database - first for 10km square
1063: Celypha striana, Steventon, 22/06/2012; 416 records on database - first for 10km square
1159: Holly Tortrix (Rhopobota naevana), Steventon, 05/07/2012; 46 records on database - Good record
1262: Cydia amplana - Migrant - Fyfield Wick, 28/08/2012; 2 records on database - Good record, first for 10km square
1699: Least Carpet (Idaea rusticata), Steventon, 14/08/2012; 941 records on database - first for 10km square
1832: Currant Pug (Eupithecia assimilata), Steventon, 19/03/2010; 267 records on database - very early, presumably emerged indoors
2342: Rosy Minor (Mesoligia literosa), Steventon, 18/08/2012; 128 records on database - Good record
2350: Small Wainscot (Chortodes pygmina), Steventon, 26/09/2011; 142 records on database - Good record
2425: Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli), Steventon, 27/03/2012; 1726 records on database - an early record
Mike Taylor:
0718: Ethmia dodecea, Childrey, 05/07/2012; 36 records on database - good record
1638: Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi), Childrey, 29/02/2012; 37 records on database - good record, surprisingly scarce in Berks
1731: Chalk Carpet (Scotopteryx bipunctaria) - Nationally Scarce/Nb - Childrey, 17/08/2012; 18 records on database - good record
2127: Triple-spotted Clay (Xestia ditrapezium), Childrey, 17/08/2012; 39 records on database - good record, first for 10km square
David White:
0181: Taleporia tubulosa, Windsor Forest: compartment C3/C4, South Forest, Ascot Ride, 22/03/2012; 11 records on database - good record
0387: Prochoreutis sehestediana - Nationally Scarce B - Windsor Forest: compartment Q1, Cumberland Lodge, 06/09/2012; First for county (also recorded a day or two later at the same site by David Short)
0698: Agonopterix kaekeritziana, Temple Golf Course, 16/08/2012; 15 records on database - good record
0758: Recurvaria leucatella, Windsor Forest: compartment S1, Forest Park, 22/07/2012; 21 records on database - first for 10km square
1050: Acleris kochiella, Temple Golf Course, 25/07/2012; 8 records on database - good record, first for 10km square
1202: Eucosma obumbratana, Temple Golf Course, 25/07/2012; 27 records on database - good record
1292: Calamotropha paludella, Windsor Forest: compartment C3/C4, South Forest, Ascot Ride, 08/08/2012; 64 records on database - first for 10km square
1414: Synaphe punctalis, Windsor Forest: compartment C3/C4, South Forest, Ascot Ride, 08/08/2012; 11 records on database - good record
1438: Trachycera suavella, Temple Golf Course, 16/08/2012; 25 records on database - good record
1478b: Vitula biviella - Nationally Scarce A - Temple Golf Course, 25/07/2012; First for county
1846: Narrow-winged Pug (Eupithecia nanata), Temple Golf Course, 16/08/2012; 143 records on database - first for 10km square