Summary

This document summarises my moth trapping in 2020, mostly in Odense, Denmark (with one trip to Thy, Denmark). The data are drawn from my recording efforts on iNaturalist, and processed in R to automatically produce this document.

I have trapped moths on 34 days between 2020-05-20 and 2020-08-11.

I have recorded 350 specimens from 117 species across 20 families.

My three most recent new species are Diamond-back Marble (Eudemis profundana), White-line Dart (Euxoa tritici), and Three-striped Longhorn (Adela trigrapha).

Below is a plot of the cumulative number of species through time.

Below is a table of species per family.

Family

n species

% species

n specimens

% specimens

Noctuidae

39

33

151

43

Geometridae

23

20

40

11

Crambidae

11

9

47

13

Tortricidae

11

9

23

7

Erebidae

8

7

18

5

Sphingidae

4

3

4

1

Notodontidae

3

3

6

2

Oecophoridae

3

3

14

4

Pyralidae

3

3

4

1

Yponomeutidae

2

2

25

7

Adelidae

1

1

1

0

Alucitidae

1

1

2

1

Autostichidae

1

1

1

0

Depressariidae

1

1

1

0

Hepialidae

1

1

1

0

Lasiocampidae

1

1

6

2

Limacodidae

1

1

1

0

Momphidae

1

1

1

0

Plutellidae

1

1

3

1

Zygaenidae

1

1

1

0

The ten most common species are summarised below:

species

common name

n

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

24

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

22

Yponomeuta evonymella

Bird-cherry Ermine

22

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

16

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

12

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

11

Cydia pomonella

Codling Moth

11

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House Moth

8

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

7

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

7

Species pictures

Below are images taken of the specimens. A maxiumum of 3 images per species are shown.

All images are © Owen Jones, some rights reserved (CC-BY).

Noctuidae

Sycamore Moth (Acronicta aceris)

The Miller (Acronicta leporina)

Heart and Club (Agrotis clavis)

Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)

Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)

Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)

Eurasian Copper Underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea)

Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis)

The Nutmeg (Anarta trifolii)

Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)

Dingy Shears (Apterogenum ypsillon)

Silver Y (Autographa gamma)

Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus)

Broom Moth (Ceramica pisi)

Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica)

Coronet (Craniophora ligustri)

Silver Hook (Deltote uncula)

Ingrailed Clay (Diarsia mendica)

Bird’s Wing (Dypterygia scabriuscula)

Plain Clay (Eugnorisma depuncta)

White-line Dart (Euxoa tritici)

Lychnis (Hadena bicruris)

Varied Coronet (Hadena compta)

Small Ranunculus (Hecatera dysodea)

The Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda)

The Uncertain (Hoplodrina octogenaria)

Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)

Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina)

Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Leucania comma)

Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae)

Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)

Common rustic (Mesapamea secalis)

Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata)

Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)

Flame Shoulder Moth (Ochropleura plecta)

Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea)

Triple-spotted Clay (Xestia ditrapezium)

Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum)

Geometridae

Grey Birch Moth (Aethalura punctulata)

Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata)

Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)

Bordered White (Bupalus piniaria)

September Thorn (Ennomos erosaria)

Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)

White-spotted Pug Moth (Eupithecia tripunctaria)

Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)

Small emerald (Hemistola chrysoprasaria)

May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata)

Barred Red (Hylaea fasciaria)

Great Oak Beauty (Hypomecis roboraria)

Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)

Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata)

Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata)

Dwarf Cream Wave (Idaea fuscovenosa)

Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata)

Tawny-barred Angle (Macaria liturata)

V-Moth (Macaria wauaria)

Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)

Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)

Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)

Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica)

Crambidae

Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella)

Pearl Veneer (Agriphila straminella)

Chequered Grass-veneer (Catoptria falsella)

Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)

Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis)

Small Grey (Eudonia mercurella)

Dark Bordered Pearl (Evergestis limbata)

Beautiful China-mark (Nymphula nitidulata)

Mother of Pearl (Patania ruralis)

Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata)

Base-lined Grey (Scoparia basistrigalis)

Tortricidae

Rose Tortrix Moth (Archips rosana)

Variegated Golden Tortrix (Archips xylosteana)

Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella)

Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana)

Diamond-back Marble (Eudemis profundana)

Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis corylana)

Pine Marble (Piniphila bifasciana)

Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)

Eye-spotted Bud Moth (Spilonota ocellana)

Common Marble (Syricoris lacunana)

Green Oak Tortrix (Tortrix viridana)

Erebidae

Black V Moth (Arctornis l-nigrum)

Clouded Buff (Diacrisia sannio)

Buff Footman (Eilema depressa)

Common Footman (Eilema lurideola)

Dotted Footman (Pelosia muscerda)

Ruby Tiger Moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)

White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)

Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae)

Sphingidae

Small Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila porcellus)

Poplar Hawkmoth (Laothoe populi)

Lime Hawkmoth (Mimas tiliae)

Eyed Hawkmoth (Smerinthus ocellata)

Notodontidae

Puss Moth (Cerura vinula)

Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius)

Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)

Oecophoridae

Golden-brown Tubic (Crassa unitella)

White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)

Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)

Pyralidae

Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)

Dark Pine Knot-horn (Dioryctria abietella)

Double-striped Tabby (Hypsopygia glaucinalis)

Yponomeutidae

Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella)

Scarce Ermine (Yponomeuta irrorellus)

Adelidae

Three-striped Longhorn (Adela trigrapha)

Alucitidae

Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla)

Autostichidae

Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth (Oegoconia quadripuncta)

Depressariidae

Brindled Flat-body (Agonopterix arenella)

Hepialidae

Orange Swift (Triodia sylvina)

Lasiocampidae

Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi)

Limacodidae

Festoon (Apoda limacodes)

Momphidae

Marbled Cosmet (Mompha propinquella)

Plutellidae

Diamondback Moth (Plutella xylostella)

Zygaenidae

Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)