Provisional
recorded monthly and all-Ireland totals of migrant / vagrant and newly recorded moth species (adults) in 2009
2008
totals are shown for comparison in final column
|
Species |
J |
F |
M |
A |
M |
J |
J |
A |
S |
O |
N |
D |
Total |
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
2008 |
|
Acrolepia autumnitella |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
0 |
|
Plutella xylostella (Diamond-back moth) |
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
63 |
211 |
167 |
35 |
5 |
13 |
1 |
|
502 |
115 |
|
Syncopacma polychromellaV+ |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
Epinotia pygmaeanaV+* |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
Pammene fermmanaV+* |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
Udea ferrugalis (Rusty-dot pearl) |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
3 |
|
4 |
7 |
1 |
|
19 |
85 |
|
Nomophila noctuella (Rush veneer) |
|
|
|
|
8 |
134 |
397 |
123 |
198 |
62 |
4 |
|
926 |
22 |
|
Rhodometra sacraria (Vestal)N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29 |
1 |
|
30 |
0 |
|
Orthonama obstipata (Gem)N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
5 |
|
Ennomos fuscantaria (Dusky thorn)V+* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
Agrius convolvuli (Convolvulus hawk-moth) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
7 |
|
Acherontia atropos (Death’s-head h.-moth) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
|
Macroglossum stellatarum (Hummingbird h.-moth) |
|
|
1 |
|
21 |
95 |
18 |
13 |
16 |
9 |
|
|
173 |
31 |
|
Hyles livornica (Striped hawk-moth)V |
|
|
|
|
12 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
1 |
|
Agrotis ipsilon (Dark sword-grass) |
|
|
1 |
2 |
25 |
25 |
27 |
21 |
16 |
56 |
2 |
|
175 |
180 |
|
Peridroma saucia (Pearly underwing) |
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
7 |
|
|
14 |
6 |
|
Mythimna vitellina (Delicate)N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
2 |
|
Mythimna unipuncta (White-speck)N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
8 |
|
Mythimna loreyi (Cosmopolitan) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
Spodoptera exigua (Small mottled willow)N |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
|
Spodoptera cilium (Dark mottled willow)V |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
1 |
|
Helicoverpa armigera (Scarce bordered straw)N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
0 |
|
Heliothis peltigera (Bordered straw)N |
|
|
|
|
1 |
8 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
0 |
|
Trichoplusia ni (Ni moth)V |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
0 |
|
Autographa gamma (Silver y) |
|
|
|
1 |
6434 |
570 |
716 |
1271 |
14849 |
150 |
8 |
|
24000 |
520 |
Figures given are the sum of daily/nightly totals and may include some duplication of individuals. However, figures include observations involving only minimum estimates of numbers
thus may be conservative. Data were compiled from the MothsIreland and Butterfly
Conservation Northern Ireland databases; available online sources, including the MothsIreland newsgroup; published sources
(including Atropos ‘coastal reports’); personal contacts; and records via email from individuals or online newsgroups.
V = Moth species for which photographic or specimen evidence is required for acceptance by both the
Moths Ireland Validation Committee and the Northern Ireland Lepidoptera Records Committee (NILRC).
N = Further species for which the NILRC requires substantiating evidence.
+ = Species added to the Irish list in 2009.
