Garden Moths 17th July 2016

Weather 16 -18 o Breezy Warm with relatively low humidity Moon approaching full phase. Dry. & Warm.

Habitat  Urban Non Planted Garden on a garden corridor

MV 120 w

74.007  BF2421 Scarce Silver-lines Bena bicolorana x1

20.011  BF0410 Argyresthia brockeella x1

70.283  BF1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria x 1

70.243  BF1922 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria x3

73.342  BF2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba x 14 +

73.329  BF2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta x 2
70.226  BF1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolatax x 4

65.009  BF1653 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides  x 2
73.012  BF243   Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis x 1

72.003  BF2477 The Snout Hypena proboscidalis  x 6+

73.317  BF2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis x 7
70.218  BF1894 Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata  x 1

73.162  BF2321  Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha x 5

73.169  BF2343  Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis x 1 

70.278  BF1956  Common Wave Cabera exanthemata  x 2
73.267  BF2160  Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea x 1

70.133  BF1803 Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata x 2

70.049  BF1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata x 1

70.016  BF1713 Riband Wave Idaea aversata ab reamurata  x 2 

73.173  BF2337 Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis (Marbled Minor agg ) x3

73.002  BF2449 Dark Spectacle Abrostola triplasia x 1

72.002  BF2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis  x 1

63.018  BF1378  Anania coronata x 1

63.080 BF1293  Chrysoteuchia culmella x 1

73.016  BF2442  Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina x 2
73.017  BF2443 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota x4
73.084  BF2293  Marbled Beauty Bryophila domestica x 1Pugs
49.156 BF1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana x3

Imaging To Follow

73.012  BF243   Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis  

The form tutti has the two vertical brassy bands on the forewing joined forming an “H-shape However the valid separate species named Diachrysia stenochrysis also has the two vertical brassy bands on the forewing joined “H-shape”. It is thought that the "H" needs to be at least 3 millimetres wide for it to be considered stenochrysis



I have summarised and simplified  the Form terminology  

http://www.sussexmothdiary.co.uk/macsheets/73.012.htm

Cryptic BB Diachrysia stenochrysis A good visual here on the species split images summarised

http://grampybustard.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/burnished-brass-split.html

Summary top Image joint = Cryptic
Middle Image Banded Intermediate need gen det or dna
Bottom Image separate BB

On the BB Forms     BB aurea has sepaarte vertical bars see http://www.sussexmothdiary.co.uk/macsheets/73.012.htm

juncta with the dark band complete, and tutti with the thin connect 3 mm

Moths with the 2 bands joined clearly and distinctly to create an "H"... have been referred to as f. juncta

Moths refererable to juncta are regarded BY SOME AUTHORS as a seperate species, called Diachrysia tutti

Examples of tutti in which the cross-bar of the H is at least 3 mm wide MAY BE REFERABLE to the Eastern Palearctic species stenochrysis

The intermediates I think need strictly speaking needs DNA to establish there validity

70.283  BF1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria




72.002  BF2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis





74.007  BF2421 Scarce Silver-lines Bena bicolorana  

73.329  BF2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta




73.084  BF2293  Marbled Beauty Bryophila domestica



70.278  BF 1956  Common Wave Cabera exanthemata





70.218  BF1894 Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata




63.018  BF1378  Anania coronata




73.002  BF2449 Dark Spectacle Abrostola triplasia

20.011  BF0410 Argyresthia brockeell



73.017  BF2443 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota

Marbled Minor (agregates  ) - 3 Sims

Marbled Minor Rufous Tawny

At a guess 1 & 2 possibly but NEEDS gen det especially their melanic forms, can only reliably be separated by dissection


Possibly 2339 Tawny Marbled Minor Oligia latruncula ABH 73.174