Norfolk moths: Rockland St. Peter garden, 2 September 2013

A fine night, with a breeze that dropped from moderate to light around dawn. Almost cloudless and relatively warm (min. 14°C?).

Pebble Prominent, while not a rarity, was nice to see. The trap contained quite a few Square-spot Rustic lookalikes, ranging from grey, to brown and rufous with worn individuals mixed in.

Moth of the night was Oblique Striped, a species whose stronghold in the UK is the Brecks and designated Nationally Scarce B (species that are nationally scarce and have been recorded in 31 – 100 ten kilometre squares in Great Britain).

Oblique Striped Phibalapteryx virgata (Nationally Scarce B)

Macros (29 spp.):-
 

Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	1
Phibalapteryx virgata	Oblique Striped	1
Camptogramma bilineata	Yellow Shell	1
Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	11
Ennomos fuscantaria	Dusky Thorn	1
Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	1
Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	2
Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1
Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	2
Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	7
Noctua comes	Lesser Yellow Underwing	2
Noctua janthe	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	3
Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	6
Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	7
Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	3
Tholera cespitis	Hedge Rustic	1
Tholera decimalis	Feathered Gothic	1
Mythimna albipuncta	White-point	2
Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	2
Atethmia centrago	Centre-barred Sallow	6
Amphipyra pyramidea	Copper Underwing	1
Luperina testacea	Flounced Rustic	2
Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	2
Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	3
Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	1