Six new species were added to the county list during the year. These records are shown in the same format as in the Society’s book The Butterflies and Moths of Bedfordshire.
Nemophora fasciella
(Fabricius) (144)
One at Knocking Hoe
on 10th June 2005 (AMB&MGB)
Flight: June, July (week 23)*
Larval Foodplant: Black Horehound
Map TL13
Nemophora minimella
([Denis & Schiffermüller]) (145)
Netted at Barton
Hills on 31st July 2005 (JCh)
Flight: July (week 31)*
Larval Foodplant: Scabious and Devil’s-bit Scabious
Map TL03
Cameraria ohridella
(Deschka & Dimic) (366a)
First recorded in
Britain in 2002 at Wimbledon, the species has rapidly spread throughout
south-east England.
Several mines in leaves at Milton Ernest on 7th August 2005 (JCh). In September
and October 2005 mines were found in a total of 13 10km squares in the county.
Flight: probably May to September, in several generations.
Larval Foodplant: Horse-chestnut (A.hippocastanum only)
Map SP92, 95, 96, TL01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 13, 14, 15, 16, 24
Phaulernis dentella
(Zeller) (477)
One netted at Sewell
on 9th June 2005 (LH)
Flight: June (week 23)*
Larval Foodplants: Rough Chervil, Burnet-saxifrage and Ground-elder
Map TL02
Mompha langiella
(Hübner) (880)
Vacated mines on
Epilobium hirsutum at Maulden Wood, 8th July 2005 (JCh).
Flight: June, July
Larval Foodplants: Enchanter’s Nightshade, Great and Broad-leaved Willowherbs
Map TL03
Scythris picaepennis
(Haworth) (915)
One netted at
Dunstable Downs on 9th July 2005 (AMB)
Flight: July (week 28)*
Larval Foodplants: Bird’s-foot Trefoil and Wild Thyme
Map TL02
Adult flight times have been culled from literature but all flight times marked with an asterisk (*) are local observations in Bedfordshire. The week numbers cited are the standard week numbers used in the Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS). The weeks of the year are numbered consecutively from 1–52 omitting 29th February and 31st December, and are approximate to those printed in pocket diaries.
The following are new 10km square records for micro-lepidoptera to add to the maps given in The Butterflies and Moths of Bedfordshire, and for species added in my reports from 1996 onwards. These new records were made during the year 2005.
In the book (see page 4) the basis for recording is the current boundary of the administrative county of Bedfordshire. This year I have included new 10km square records for TL16, which are from Eaton Ford (TL1760). This site is in VC30, but in an area transferred in 1974 from Bedfordshire to Cambridgeshire.
23 Ectoedemia argyropeza
TL06
67 Stigmella plagicolella SP91
68 Stigmella salicis TL05
79 Stigmella perpygmaeella SP91, TL06
93 Stigmella centifoliella TL03
123 Tischeria ekebladella TL16
125 Emmetia marginea TL02, 04, 05
130 Incurvaria masculella TL14
141 Nematopogon schwarziellus TL01
148 Nemophora degeerella SP96, TL05
156 Heliozela resplendella TL05
159 Antispila treitschkiella TL14
175 Narycia duplicella TL01
186 Psyche casta TL06
216 Nemapogon cloacella TL04
227 Monopis laevigella TL16
228 Monopis weaverella TL02, 04
229 Monopis obviella TL04
240 Tinea pellionella TL03, 16
246 Tinea semifulvella TL04
247 Tinea trinotella TL04,13
254 Leucoptera laburnella TL16
266 Bucculatrix nigricomella TL04, 05, 13
273 Bucculatrix thoracella TL03
274 Bucculatrix ulmella TL04, 16
284 Caloptilia ru.pennella TL13
287 Caloptilia robustella TL04
288 Caloptilia stigmatella TL02
329 Phyllonorycter spinicolella SP91
330 Phyllonorycter cerasicolella TL05
331 Phyllonorycter lantanella TL05
333 Phyllonorycter salictella viminiella TL05
336 Phyllonorycter dubitella TL01
344 Phyllonorycter strigulatella TL14
345 Phyllonorycter rajella TL05, 14
357 Phyllonorycter stettinensis TL05, 14
358 Phyllonorycter froelichiella TL14
360 Phyllonorycter kleemannella TL14
363 Phyllonorycter platanoidella TL03
364 Phyllonorycter geniculella TL05
409a Argyresthia trifasciata TL04, 13
414 Argyresthia curvella TL04
419 Argyresthia semifusca TL02
420 Argyresthia pruniella SP91
422 Argyresthia albistria TL03
425 Yponomeuta padella TL16
426 Yponomeuta malinellus TL05
427 Yponomeuta cagnagella TL04
440 Paraswammerdamia albicapitella SP91
450 Scythropia crataegella TL04
461 Ypsolopha ustella SP96
462 Ypsolopha sequella TL04
476 Acrolepia autumnitella TL16
483 Epermenia chaerophyllella TL04
492 Coleophora .avipennella TL13, 16
493 Coleophora serratella TL13
495 Coleophora spinella SP91
501 Coleophora siccifolia TL06, 24
504 Coleophora lusciniaepennella TL05
513 Coleophora potentillae SP96, TL05
515 Coleophora albitarsella TL13, 16
517 Coleophora alcyonipennella TL01
519 Coleophora deauratella SP92, TL03
522 Coleophora lineolea TL13, 16
523 Coleophora hemerobiella TL03
526 Coleophora laricella TL02
536 Coleophora betulella TL16
553 Coleophora striatipennella TL03, 04
559 Coleophora peribenanderi TL16
566 Coleophora sternipennella TL16
568 Coleophora versurella TL03, 16
608 Elachista rufocinerea TL16
611 Elachista triatomea TL04
613 Elachista subocellea TL16
620 Elachista gangabella SP95, TL04
632 Cosmiotes consortella TL03
642 Batia unitella SP91
644 Borkhausenia fuscescens TL05
663 Diurnea fagella TL04
671 Depressaria ultimella TL04
672 Depressaria heraclei TL16
695 Agonopterix alstromeriana TL01, 16
696 Agonopterix propinquella TL03, 16
697 Agonopterix arenella TL02, 04
724 Metzneria lappella SP91, TL01,13
726 Metzneria metzneriella TL03, 04
736 Monochroa lucidella TL16
757 Recurvaria nanella TL16
765 Teleiodes vulgella TL13
774 Teleiodes luculella TL01
776 Teleiopsis diffinis TL04
787 Bryotropha terrella SP91
819 Scrobipalpa costella TL01, 16
822 Scrobipalpa acuminatella TL16
841 Sophronia semicostella TL01
844 Syncopacma larseniella TL01
862 Dichomeris marginella TL03, 05
866 Brachmia blandella TL04
878 Batrachedra praeangusta TL16
879 Batrachedra pinicolella TL16
883 Mompha raschkiella TL05
884 Mompha miscella TL02
899 Pancalia leuwenhoekella TL02
904 Spuleria flavicaput TL04
905 Blastodacna hellerella SP91,TL04,13
908 Sorhagenia rhamniella SP91, TL01,16
914 Scythris crassiuscula TL02
925 Phtheochroa rugosana TL13, 16
926 Phalonidia manniana TL04
936 Cochylimorpha straminea TL02
938 Agapeta zoegana SP96
947 Aethes smeathmanniana TL01
966 Cochylis atricapitana SP96
980 Archips xylosteana TL13
994 Clepsis consimilana TL04
998 Epiphyas postvittana TL01, 02, 15
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana TL01
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana TL16
1016 Cnephasia longana TL04
1021 Cnephasia asseclana SP91
1023 Cnephasia genitalana TL04
1024 Cnephasia incertana TL04
1032 Aleimma loeflingiana TL13
1033 Tortrix viridana TL04
1035 Acleris bergmanniana TL03
1036 Acleris forsskaleana SP91
1037 Acleris holmiana TL01
1038 Acleris laterana TL05
1041 Acleris sparsana TL16
1044 Acleris ferrugana TL16
1050 Acleris kochiella TL04
1053 Acleris hastiana TL04
1064 Celypha rosaceana TL04
1093 Apotomis betuletana SP91
1104 Endothenia quadrimaculana TL16
1108 Lobesia abscisana SP91
1109 Lobesia littoralis TL16
1110 Bactra furfurana SP95
1115 Ancylis achatana TL13
1136 Epinotia immundana TL04, 16
1144 Epinotia signatana TL16
1146 Epinotia rubiginosana TL04
1150 Epinotia abbreviana TL16
1169 Gypsonoma dealbana SP91, TL02
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana TL02
1176 Epiblema trimaculana SP91, TL13,16
1183 Epiblema foenella TL04
1184 Epiblema scutulana SP91
1192 Eucosma conterminana TL04, 13
1200 Eucosma hohenwartiana SP91
1202 Eucosma obumbratana TL04, 16
1211 Rhyacionia pinicolana TL16
1212 Rhyacionia pinivorana TL04
1216 Enarmonia formosana TL02, 04
1233 Pammene aurita TL04
1236 Pammene fasciana SP91, TL04
1241 Grapholita compositella SP95
1247 Grapholita funebrana TL03, 13
1255 Cydia ulicetana TL24
1257 Cydia nigricana SP96
1261 Cydia pomonella SP96
1272 Pammene aurana TL02
1274 Dichrorampha alpinana TL04
1281 Dichrorampha simpliciana TL13
1288 Alucita hexadactyla TL04
1290 Chilo phragmitella SP95
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella SP91
1294 Crambus pascuella TL13
1306 Agriphila inquinatella TL01
1313 Catoptria pinella TL02, 05
1331 Acentria ephemerella SP91
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata SP91
1342 Eudonia angustea TL16
1345 Elophila nymphaeata TL02
1350 Nymphula stagnata TL05
1354 Cataclysta lemnata TL04, 05
1362 Pyrausta purpuralis TL02
1367 Pyrausta cingulata TL04
1370 Sitochroa palealis TL04
1371 Sitochroa verticalis TL01
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata SP96
1380 Phlyctaenia perlucidalis TL04, 06, 16
1390 Udea prunalis SP91, TL04
1398 Nomophila noctuella TL02
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis TL02, 04
1417 Pyralis farinalis TL04
1421 Aglossa pinguinalis TL04
1428 Aphomia sociella TL04
1437 Acrobasis consociella TL04
1438 Trachycera suavella TL04
1462 Pempeliella dilutella SP91, TL02
1474 Ephestia parasitella unicolorella TL04
1485 Phycitodes maritima TL01
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla TL01, 04, 16
1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla SP96
1504 Platyptilia pallidactyla SP92
1509 Stenoptilia pterodactyla SP91, TL03
1510 Merri.eldia leucodactyla SP92
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla TL04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank the following for records sent to me during the year: P.Almond, V.W.Arnold, C.R.B.Baker, A.M.Banthorpe (AMB), M.G.Banthorpe (MGB), G.Boyd, C.Carpenter, J.Chapman, J.E.Childs (JCh), B.Dickerson, P.Gould, S.Knight, L.J.Hill (LH), A.A.Lawrence, A.Paynter, R.Revels, H.A.Smith, B.Squires, A.Stretton, I.Woiwod.
REFERENCES
ARNOLD, V.W., BAKER, C.R.B., MANNING, D.V. and WOIWOD, I.P. 1997 The Butterflies and Moths of Bedfordshire Bedfordshire Natural History Society 408pp.
David Manning is the Society’s Recorder for Micro-moths, a position he has held in an honorary capacity since 1986. He is co-author of the BNHS publication The Butterflies and Moths of Bedfordshire.