Berkshire features in micro-moth review for 2013

Post date: Jan 23, 2015 10:07:49 PM

Every year John Langmaid and Mark Young publish a review of micro-moths, listing all the species that have been added to county lists from around the country. This is published in the Entomologist's Record (worth subscribing to if you can). The review of 2013 was published at the end of 2014, and includes two new entries for Berkshire:

• Ectoedemia agrimoniae, cocoons in leaf-mines on Agrimony, at Temple Golf Course on 2 xii 2013, recorded by David White. This seems to be a very local species in southern England, despite its widespread foodplant.

• Grapholita lobarzewskii, at Faringdon on 15.vii.2013, recorded by Martin Corley (confirmed by dissection). This is a rare species with larvae on cherries and plums.

I'll be sorting out any new species from 2014 to send to John in the next couple of months - if you think you might have found a micro-moth new to the county do let me know (even if you've already sent the record in it's worth prompting me to ensure I don't miss anything out by mistake).

Martin