Dissection Results

Mike Bailey has kindly and expertly got through the latest batch of moths I collected for dissection in June from Little Oak Lodge. The results were interesting and confirmed a few field identification including Small Grass Veneer, Platytes cerussella, the Brown Bagworm, Taleporia tubulosa, Four-spotted Yellowneck, Oegonconia quadripuncta, Teasle Marble, Endothenia gentianaeana, Sallow Tortrix, Acleris hastiana, Lettuce tortrix, Eucosma conterminana, Dark-streaked Tortrix, Acleris umbrana and also confirmed some Rustic and Marbled Minor specimens. 

There were also some new for garden species including Common Lance, Bactra lancalana, Thistle-case Bearer, Coleophora peribenanderi, Clothed Case-bearer, Coleophora mayrella, Common Grey Tortrix, Cnephasia stephensiana, Yellow-oak Case-bearer, Coleophora flavipennella, Black-streaked Tortrix, Epinotia signatana and Large Grey, Scoparia subfusca.

Thanks Mike for some fascinating results. Full on rabbit hole mode. Garden list now on 574 and year list 436. 

Common Lance, Bactra lancalana

Four-spotted Yellowneck, Oegonconia quadripuncta

Yellow-oak Case-bearer, Coleophora flavipennella

Thistle-case Bearer, Coleophora peribenanderi 

Black-streaked Tortrix, Epinotia signatana. There were several field identifications already suggested for various sources, all different to the final id. 

Lettuce tortrix, Eucosma conterminana

Common Grey Tortrix, Cnephasia stephensiana

Teasle Marble, Endothenia gentianaeana