Recently, this Nettle-tap was on the outside of the house:

Common Nettle-tap
A few days later I went toward Oskaig to look for Ectoedemia argyropeza (Virgin Pigmy) on fallen aspen leaves which Seth had found on Skye. It makes a green island on the leaf:

Ectoedemia argyropeza Photo S. Gibson
I failed to find that one but did find leaf mines caused by moth larvae on hazel and rusty sallow leaves:

Stigmella floslactella and Parornix devoniella mines on Hazel

Caloptilia stigmatella on Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Thanks to Seth and Tony for help with identification.
Meanwhile, I dug out the following paper which lists 329 species of butterflies and moths including 98 micromoths, details of which I extracted to a spreadsheet and sent to Keith the County Moth Recorder:
HARRISON J W HESLOP (1937) The Lepidoptera of the Isle of Raasay and of the adjacent Islands of Scalpay, South Rona, Fladday and Longay. Proceedings of the University of Durham Philosophical Society 9 305-328
Nine of these have been accepted as new to the vice-county:
Acleris logiana | Grey Birch Button |
Apotomis sauciana | Bilberry Marble |
Argyroploce arbutella | Bearberry Marble |
Cnephasia incertana | Light Grey Tortrix |
Dichrorampha plumbagana | Silver-Lined Drill |
Dichrorampha plumbana | Lead-Coloured Drill |
Philedone gerningana | Cinquefoil Twist |
Phyllonorycter scopariella | Broom Midget |
Teleiopsis diffinis | Large Groundling |
Now I am looking out this paper to see if there are more I can add:
HARRISON J W HESLOP & J K MORTON (1952) Lepidoptera in the Isles of Raasay, Rhum (vc104), Lewis and Harris (vc110) in 1951. The Entomologist 85 6-13
Tags: Moths
November 6, 2018 at 10:02 am |
I have also been finding Ectoedemia argyropeza (Virgin Pigmy), but here in the south, on beech. It seems quite common.
November 6, 2018 at 10:17 am |
Interesting. Are you sure that is the same thing? I can’t find a ref to it on beech….. I suspect it is common on aspen here if we start looking properly.
November 8, 2018 at 4:13 pm |
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