Shoulder Stripe

The first lifer of the year came to light at Cromwell Bottom on Apr. 13th. A much anticipated and predicted species here.




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2025
Apr. 29th: Scarlet Tiger - larva   (72b)
Apr. 26th: Wood Tiger - larva   (72b)
Apr. 22nd: Coleophora paripennella - mines   (37b)
Apr. 18th: Oak-tree Pug   (70d)
Apr. 18th: Water Carpet   (70c)
Apr. 18th: Diamond-back Moth   (18)
Apr. 13th: Shoulder Stripe   (70b)
Apr. 13th: Acleris cristana   (49b)
Apr. 13th: Stigmella lapponica + disecction   (4a)
Apr. 13th: Twin-spotted Quaker f. immaculana   (73e)
Apr. 13th: Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella   (15d)
Mar. 7th: Dotted Border - male   (70f)

2024
Nov. 1st: Stigmella obliquella - mine + larva   (4b)
Oct. 6th: Halesus radiatus   (A Caddisfly)
Oct. 1st: Phyllonorycter messaniella - mines    (15c)
Sept. 24th: Coleophora peribenanderi - larva, mines + cases   (37b)
Sept. 19th: Phyllocnistis unipunctella - mine + adult   (15e)
Sept. 13th: Roeslerstammia erxlebella - mine   (13)
Sept. 8th: Clifden Nonpareil   (72c)
Sept. 8th: Stigmella roborella   (4c)
Sept. 8th: Ypsolopha sylvella   (17)
Sept: 8th: Orange Sallow   (73d)
Sept. 6th: Mompha langiella - mines   (40)
Sept. 3rd: Caloptilia honoratella - mine + feeding sign  (15a)
Sept. 1st: Acrocercops brongniardella - mines   (15a)
Aug. 30th: Ectoedemia atricollis - mines and larvae   (4c)
Aug. 29th: Stigmella salicis - adult + dissection   (4b)
Aug. 29th: Vine's Rustic   (73b)
Aug. 26th: Chrysoesthia sexguttella - mines and larvae   (35)
Aug. 12th: Large/Saltern Ear hybrid   (73c)
Aug. 12th: Cnephasia genitalana   (49b)
Aug. 12th: Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana   (49e)
Aug. 3rd: Roeslerstammia erxlebella   (13)
Aug. 3rd: Catoptria falsella   (63b)
Aug. 3rd: Bucculatrix nigricomella   (14)
Aug. 3rd: Cochylimorpha straminea   (49c)
July 30th: Palpita vitrealis   (63a)
July 30th: Elachista albidella   (38)
July 30th: Grapholita janthinana   (49g)
July 29th: Brown China-mark   (63b)
July 25th: White Satin   (72a)
July 25th: Oegoconia quadripuncta   (27)
July 25th: Phycitodes binaevella   (62)
July 25th: Orchard Ermine   (16)
July 25th: Eudonia pallida   (63a)
July 25th: Paraswammerdamia nebulella   (16)
July 24th: Helcystogramma rufescens   (35)
July 24th: Blackneck   (72c)
July 22nd: Common Clothes Moth   (12) 
July 18th: Short-cloaked Moth   (74)
July 18th: The Confused   (73c)
July 18th: Meal Moth   (62)
July 18th: Lempke's Gold Spot   (73a)
July 14th: Dark Spectacle   (73a)
July 14th: Grey Dagger   (73a)
July 11th: Clouded Brindle   (73c)
July 11th: Limnaecia phragmitella   (34)