White-point Mythimna albipuncta
31/07/2020 15W actinic trap: Pyecombe, near Brighton
My first post-lockdown visit to my son and family near Brighton. For mothing and nocturnal quiet, I camped again at Chantry Farm – a site to be recommended to anyone with a taste for simple camping (and moths) www.chantryfarm.org/
Another windy night, with a bright moon and a trap sited the wrong side of a hedge, but nevertheless a few good moths.
This moth used to be a fairly infrequent visitor from mainland Europe to southern counties, but is now established as a regular breeding species, accounting for a notable increase in its distribution (+ 158% 1980-2016).
I thought this was the superficially similar Clay, so only took this dismal image, but it may be a long time before I see another White-point, so for now it must stand.
More details
www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/mythimna-albipuncta/
species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0021144867
www.sussexmothgroup.org.uk/site/speciesAccount.php?specie...
Barred Rivulet (1)
Common Rustic agg. (12)
Flounced Rustic (1)
Lime-speck Pug (1)
Rosy Minor (2)
Small Fan-footed Wave (1)
Small Waved Umber (1)
Square-spot Rustic (1)
Treble-bar (1)
White-point (1)
Blastobasis rebeli (Marsh Dowd) (1)
Crambus perlella (1)
Crassa unitella (Golden-brown Tubic) (1)
Pyrausta nigrata (Wavy-barred Sable) (1)
White-point Mythimna albipuncta
31/07/2020 15W actinic trap: Pyecombe, near Brighton
My first post-lockdown visit to my son and family near Brighton. For mothing and nocturnal quiet, I camped again at Chantry Farm – a site to be recommended to anyone with a taste for simple camping (and moths) www.chantryfarm.org/
Another windy night, with a bright moon and a trap sited the wrong side of a hedge, but nevertheless a few good moths.
This moth used to be a fairly infrequent visitor from mainland Europe to southern counties, but is now established as a regular breeding species, accounting for a notable increase in its distribution (+ 158% 1980-2016).
I thought this was the superficially similar Clay, so only took this dismal image, but it may be a long time before I see another White-point, so for now it must stand.
More details
www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/mythimna-albipuncta/
species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0021144867
www.sussexmothgroup.org.uk/site/speciesAccount.php?specie...
Barred Rivulet (1)
Common Rustic agg. (12)
Flounced Rustic (1)
Lime-speck Pug (1)
Rosy Minor (2)
Small Fan-footed Wave (1)
Small Waved Umber (1)
Square-spot Rustic (1)
Treble-bar (1)
White-point (1)
Blastobasis rebeli (Marsh Dowd) (1)
Crambus perlella (1)
Crassa unitella (Golden-brown Tubic) (1)
Pyrausta nigrata (Wavy-barred Sable) (1)