1972 - The Vasculum

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VASCULUM VOL. LVII. No. 3. 1972
Udea ferrugalis Hubn. (Rusty-dot Pearl). Another immigrant which varies a lot in numbers from one year to
another. Taken at light In the garden.
Udea nivealis F (Dusky Brindled Pearl.) Common at light.
Udea olivalis Schiff. (Olive Brindled Pearl). Common in the Hermitage Woods and Lumley Castle Woods.
Haritala ruralis Scop, (Mother of pearl), Common wherever nettles grow.
Perinephila coronata Hufn. (Garden Elder Pearl). Common wherever elder is found. At light in the garden, in
allotment gardens and along hedgerows.
Mesographe forficalis L (Garden Pebble). One of the most common moths in the garden the larva feeding on
Brassicas.
Laodamia fusca Haw. (Brown Knot-horn). Common at light in some years and rare in others. Always the deep
black melanic form.
Dioryctria abietella Schiff. (Pine Knot-horn). Only once at light in 1955.
Homeosoma saxicola Vaugh. (Narrow Clouded Knot-horn). Common in the garden:
aCrambus pascuellus L. (Inlaid Grass-veneer). Once only in 1961.
Crambus pratellus L. (Dark-inlaid Grass-veneer). Very common in grassy places on the River Banks.
Crambus horteullus Hubn. (Garden Grass-veneer). Very common.
Agriphila culmellus L. (Straw-coloured Grass-veneer). Abundant everywhere.
Agriphila inquinatellus Schiff. (Barred Grass-veneer). Fairly common at light,
Agriphila tristellus Schiff. (Common Grass-veneer). Very common on most grassy land.
Stenoptilia pterodactyla L. (Brown Wood Plume). Moderately common at light.
Platiptilia gonodactyla Schiff. (Triangle-marked Plume). Common at light and also in all the pastures.
Platyptilia isodactyla Zell. (Hoary Plume). Occasionally at light.
Platyptilia ochrodactyla Schiff. (Ochreous Plume). Although recorded as present at Chester-le-Streef by J. W. H.
Harrison, I had not seen it there myself until this year when several individuals were seen in August on tansy
flowers growing on the river banks.
Platyptilia pallldactyla Haw. (Pale Plume). Commoner than the last species with which it is easily confused. It
flies earlier in the year in June and July, seldom, If ever, in August.
Pterophorus pentadactylus L. (Large White Plume). The larva is supposed to be confined to Convolvulus sepium
but it swarms on Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort), which grows freely on the Council Tip at the south end of
Chester-le- Street. .The moths appear frequently at light in the garden.
Oidaematophorus lithodactylus Treits. (Dusky Plume). Occasionally at light.
Super-family TORTRICOIDEA (Tortrix moths).
Pandemis heparana Schiff. (Dark Oblique-barred Twist). Abundant at light.
Pandemis cerasana Hubn. (Currant Twist). Extremely common at light. Melanic forms appear from time to time
but are not common.
Archips oporana L. (Great Brown Twist). Abundant at light.
Archips xylosteana L. (Forked Red-barred Twist). Fairly common in the garden and on the river banks
Archips rosana L. (Rose Twist). Common, freely bred from hawthorn.
Amelia paleana Hubn. (Plain Yellow Twist). Common on the river banks.
Clepsis consimilana Hubn. (Saffron Twist). Common on the privet hedges in garden and elsewhere.
Clepsis costana F. Bred from Epilobium hirsutum . The spun leaves are collected In early June from the edge of
the river.
Lozotaenia forsterana F. (Forster's Twist). Fairly common at light.
Batodes angustiorana Haw. (Narrow Red-barred Twist). Common.
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana Fabr, (Conway's Shade). Very common at light in the garden.