Elton Moths
I recorded 18 species yesterday including 4 seen during the day, one of them outside the garden. Also one Micro awaiting ID.
The Poplar Kitten is a goodie with only about 27 previous vice-county records. B
141 Nematopogon schwarziellus, 1 (awaiting confirmation)
648 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella, 1
649 Esperia sulphurella, 1
**986 Syndemis musculana, 2 (pic #1) - a thankfully distinctive tortrix
1288 Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla, 1
1356 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis, 1
1546 Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni, 5
1651 Chinese Character Cilix glaucata, 1
**1654 Figure of Eighty Tethea ocularis, 1 (Pics #2/3)
1724 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia, 1 (a really grotty one)
**1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria, 1 (faded)
**1819 Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata, 2
1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata, 1 (probably but it ain't easy)
1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata, 1
**1998 Poplar Kitten Furcula bifida, 1 (pics #4/5)
2069 The Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae, 1
2078 Least Black Arches Nola confusalis, 1
2190 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica, 1
** = garden firsts