Diamonds And Natural Stone: New Garden Moths

A couple of new moths for the garden among a good catch to 125W MV light. The relatively good conditions meant most people had their best night of the year so far - in my case 64 moths of 33 species. Most were year firsts and the two marked **, garden firsts.

0017 Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus), 2
0779 Bryotropha affinis, 3
0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana), 1
1010 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana), 3
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana, 1
1076 Celypha lacunana, 2
1082 Plum Tortrix (Hedya pruniana), 1
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana), 1
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata), 1
1392 Udea olivalis, 6
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata), 1
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata), 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria), 1
1860 Green Pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata), 2
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata), 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi), 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor), 1
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula), 1
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda), 1
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda), 2
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis), 6
2098 The Flame (Axylia putris), 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea), 1
**2167 Tawny Shears (Hadena perplexa), 1
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens), 2
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea), 1
2333 Large Nutmeg (Apamea anceps), 9
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens), 5
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.), 1
2380 Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica), 1
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus), 1
**2439 Gold Spot (Plusia festucae), 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis), 1

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Gold Spot (Plusia festucae)