Macro-moths

Macro-moth capture in "Renkums Beekdal"

Emperor moth Saturnia pavonia

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa

Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata

White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda

Flame-shouldered Dart Ochropleura plecta

Coxcomb prominent Ptilodon capucina

May Highflyer Hydriomena impluviata

Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria

Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria

Barred Hook-tip Watsonalla cultraria

Species caught:

1 Acasis viretata
2 Agrotis clavis
3 Agrotis puta
4 Asthena albulata
5 Autographa gamma
6 Bupalus piniaria
7 Cabera exanthemata
8 Cabera pusaria
9 Calliteara pudibunda
10 Charanyca trigrammica
11 Chloroclysta siterata
12 Cleora cinctaria
13 Colocasia coryli
14 Colostygia pectinataria
15 Conistra vaccinii
16 Cyclophora linearia
17 Cyclophora punctaria
18 Diaphora mendica
19 Diarsia rubi
20 Drepana falcataria
21 Drymonia ruficornis
22 Ecliptopera silaceata
23 Ectropis crepuscularia
24 Eilema sororcula
25 Eulithis prunata
26 Eupithecia sp.
27 Hylaea fasciaria
28 Hypena proboscidalis
29 Hypena rostralis
30 Hypomecis punctinalis
31 Hypomecis roboraria
32 Jodis lactearia
33 Lomaspillis marginata
34 Lomographa bimaculata
35 Macaria liturata
36 Macaria notata
37 Mythimna impura
38 Nola confusalis
39 Ochropleura plecta
40 Odontopera bidentata
41 Opisthograptis luteolata
42 Orthosia cerasi
43 Orthosia cruda
44 Orthosia gothica
45 Orthosia incerta
46 Panolis flammea
47 Peridea anceps
48 Phlogophora meticulosa
49 Phragmatobia fuliginosa
50 Ptilodon capucina
51 Scopula nigropunctata
52 Selenia tetralunaria
53 Spilosoma lubricipeda
54 Thera britannica
55 Thera firmata
56 Thera obeliscata
57 Thyatira batis
58 Tyria jacobaeae
59 Watsonalla binaria
60 Watsonalla cultraria
61 Xanthorhoe spadicearia
62 Xestia c-nigrum

Fig.1 Locations of the two study sites; 1. Open field, 2. Mixed forest

Two sites in nature area "Renkums Beekdal" (fig.1) were visited for 6 nights (17 trapping hours). One site consisted of a wet open field, the other of a mixed forest. Each site contained 4 treatment set-ups. 1. light, 2. light and syrup, 3. syrup, 4. control. All macro moth species and individual animals were registered. Trapping started at dusk (22.15) and continued for 3 hours depending on weather conditions. In total 764 individuals from 62 species were caught.