The new moths of 2022

It was four years in July 2022 that I had been mothing in our back garden with a 40W actinic/UV trap. In that time I’ve photographed well over 400 species of macro and micro moth. I keep logs for the County Moth Recorder, so it’s not only a photographic venture it’s citizen science too.
The Blackneck at Devil’s Dyke, Cambs
By 2020/2021 I felt like I had probably seen most of the species of moth that are in this area, but there are always surprises that turn up and in those years there were 31 and 37 species that turned up that I hadn’t seen before. It’s the middle of August and so far in 2022, I have logged well over 300 species in the garden (and elsewhere as noted) this year, with 45 of them being species new to me.
Pine Beauty
Beauty, Pine (Panolis flammea, Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Bell, Crescent (Epinotia bilunana, Haworth, 1811)
Bell, Pale Lettuce (Eucosma conterminana)
Belle, Hoary (Eucosma cana, Haworth, 1811) Trumpington Meadows
Blackneck, The (Lygephila pastinum, Treitschke, 1826) Devil’s Dyke
Button, Rusty Birch (Acleris notana, Donovan, 1806)
Case-bearer, Large Clover (Coleophora trifolii, Curtis, 1832)
Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Tinea pellionella, Linnaeus, 1758)
Conch, Little (Cochylis dubitana, Hübner, 1799)
Cosmet, Garden (Mompha subbistrigella, Haworth, 1828)
Dark Groundling (Bryotropha affinis, (Haworth, 1828)
Dog’s Tooth (Lacanobia suasa, Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Dot Moth (Melanchra persica...

Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - August 11, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs