A somewhat better night, with around 140 moths of 67 species. These included 3 new macros for the garden - Coxomb Prominent, Rosy Rustic and Waved Umber - and 3 new micros, Acleris laterana, Pyrausta aurata and Eudemis profundana.
Coxcomb Prominent - no great etymological mystery here. The Prominents belong to the family Notodontidae, members of which are often characterised by the prominent wing projections. The species is considered to be fairly common in Jersey.
Pyrausta aurata is one of the more attractive micro moths, this rather horrible photo hardly doing it justice. It flies both in the daytime and at night, and is common in the island. Hopefully I have got the identification right - this species is rather similar to P. purpuralis.
There seems to be an almost endless number of endlessly variable species in the family Tortricidae, and I can't say I'm too downhearted when I see them sneaking out of the trap before I can study them.
I think I'm on reasonably firm ground with this one, the silvery-white saddle indicating Eudemis profundana.
Back to proper-sized moths, you can't beat a good honest Noctuid like this Rosy Rustic. According to the Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, this species is 'fairly unmistakeable', which seems a trifle oxymoronic.
Many of the moths I'm getting at the moment either have a single flight season covering the entire summer, or are second generation individuals. By contrast, Rosy Rustic has a late Summer flight season, and is just emerging now.
Described as widespread and common in Jersey, Waved Umber normally flies in late Spring and early Summer. However, it apparently has a very occasional second generation in particularly hot summers...which would explain what this one was doing knocking around in my garden in mid August.
Among the more interesting repeat offenders were this exquisite Yellow Shell (top), seen here demonstrating its understandable indifference to Blastobasis adustella. A common species in Jersey, and always a pleasure to see.
It is several weeks since I trapped my last White-point (middle), an attractive moth requiring a care to separate it from the rather similar Clay.
Pebble Hook-tip (bottom), on the other hand, is 'fairly unmistakeable'. This is just my second in the garden, where Oak Hook-tip is easily the more frequent species.
| Species | Count |
| Ethmia quadrillella | 1 |
| Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | 4 |
| Riband Wave | 4 |
| Dun-bar | 7 |
| Zeiraphera isertana | 1 |
| Maiden's Blush | 2 |
| Peppered Moth | 2 |
| Buff Footman | 4 |
| Mother of Pearl | 2 |
| Nutmeg | 3 |
| Agriphila tristella | 3 |
| Grey Dagger agg | 1 |
| Large Yellow Underwing | 1 |
| Common Wainscot | 2 |
| Jersey Mocha | 1 |
| Light-brown Apple Moth | 3 |
| Jersey Tiger | 2 |
| Orache | 1 |
| Shuttle-shaped Dart | 9 |
| Crescent Dart | 3 |
| Rosy Footman | 5 |
| Acleris forsskaleana | 3 |
| Flame Shoulder | 6 |
| Copper Underwing | 1 |
| Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix | 2 |
| Vine's Rustic | 8 |
| Common Rustic | 4 |
| Cloaked Minor | 5 |
| Dark Spectacle | 1 |
| Dark Arches | 1 |
| Crambus perlella | 2 |
| Pine Hawk-moth | 1 |
| White-point | 1 |
| Uncertain | 1 |
| Buff Ermine | 2 |
| Snout | 1 |
| Small Magpie | 1 |
| Magpie | 1 |
| V-Pug | 1 |
| Double-spotted Pug | 1 |
| Four-spotted Footman | 1 |
| Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet | 1 |
| Udea ferrugalis | 2 |
| White-spotted Pug | 1 |
| Tree-lichen Beauty | 2 |
| Pebble Hook-tip | 1 |
| Marbled Green | 2 |
| Swallow Prominent | 3 |
| Pebble Prominent | 1 |
| Waved Umber | 1 |
| Willow Beauty | 2 |
| Pyrausta aurata | 1 |
| Rosy Rustic | 1 |
| Coxcomb Prominent | 1 |
| Eudonia mercurella | 1 |
| Acleris laterana | 1 |
| Eudemis profundana | 1 |
| Turnip | 1 |
| Pammena aurita | 1 |
| Fan-foot | 1 |
| Square-spot Rustic | 1 |
| Yellow Shell | 1 |
| Phycita roborella | 1 |
| Oak Hook-tip | 1 |
| Carcina quercana | 3 |
| Pyrausta despicata | 1 |
| Blastobasis adustella | 2 |
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