Tuesday 23 June 2020

Cloaked Shoot and Marbled Bell

Common Cloaked Shoot, Gypsonoma dealbana
I have found many moths at Rewell  Wood the past 2 days: Coleophora species, Common Cloaked Shoot, Common Marble, Hoary Bell, Inlaid Grass-veneer, Common Nettle-tap, European Corn Borer, Long-winged Pearl, Marbled Bell and a Yellow Oak Button. Plenty of butterflies seen: Red Admiral, Silver-washed Fritillary, Meadow Browns, Ringlets, Large Skippers, Comma.
The Caloptilia species from 3 days ago was narrowed down by an expert to 2 species, one of which requires Alder as its foodplant, the other requires Birch. There is a large stand of birch where I found it but no Alder, so the conclusion is that the moth is a Red Birch Slender.
note added 16 November, 2020: the Coleophora species was dissected by Tim Wilton and determined by examination of the genitalia to be a male Tipped Oak Case-bearer, Coleophora flavipennella.
unidentified beetle

Tipped Oak Case-bearer male, Coleophora flavipennella

genitalia of Coleophora flavipennella

Common Marble, Celypha lacunana

Deer Tick female, Ixodes scapularis

Enchanter's Nightshade, Circaea lutetiana 

Green Lacewing, Chrysopa perla 

Hazel Leaf-roller Weevil, Apoderus coryli 

Hoary Bell, Eucosma cana 

Inlaid Grass-veneer, Crambus pascuella 

Large Skipper male, Ochlodes sylvanus

unidentified moth

Musk Mallow, Malva moschata

Red Bug, Deraeocoris ruber

Red Bug, Deraeocoris ruber

Yellow Dung Fly, Scathophaga stercoraria 

Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana 

European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis
Yellow Oak Button, Aleimma loeflingiana

Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus

Long-winged Pearl, Anania lancealis

Marbled Bell, Eucosma campoliliana 

Marbled Bell, Eucosma campoliliana 

Red Birch Slender, Caloptilia betulicola

Red Birch Slender, Caloptilia betulicola 

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