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Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
26 May 2018	Micropterix calthella	200	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY561610	VC70 Cumberland	P Kennedy	On buttercups at the woodland edge over an area of about 10 (...)
29 May 2021	Micropterix aureatella	5	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56486182	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Five in a woodland clearing over the road from the main car (...)
14 Jun 2020	Micropterix aureatella	3	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558613	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Three seen from path through the wood over a distance of about (...)
26 May 2018	Micropterix aureatella	3	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Micropterix aureatella (Yellow-barred Gold). Three in close (...)
14 Jun 2020	Phiaris palustrana	2	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56506177	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Two Phiaris palustrana (?) found about 50m apart on Rhododendron (...)
5 Jan 2019	Spring Usher	2	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Two Spring Ushers found about 20m apart on fenceposts at the (...)
7 Jul 2022	Mompha raschkiella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56506176	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Mompha raschkiella perched on a Rhododendron leaf in a woodland (...)
28 May 2022	Micropterix aureatella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56476183	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found in clearing across the road from the Miltonrigg Wood car (...)
29 Jun 2021	Phiaris palustrana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56506177	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	As last year, Phiaris palustrana found in a woodland clearing (...)
11 Jul 2020	Phiaris palustrana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56486180	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found close to those reported on 14/6/20, again on Rhododendron (...)
28 May 2020	Eulia ministrana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY55826127	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Eulia ministrana. ID verified by Martin Tordoff from photo
28 May 2020	Micropterix aureatella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY55916142	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy
30 Jul 2019	Apotomis turbidana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56406181	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	On the car park fence.
30 Jul 2019	Blastobasis adustella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56506160	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Blastobasis adustella found on a fencepost at the woodland (...)
18 Jul 2019	Apotomis turbidana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY55836121	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Not sure about the id, but this is the best match I can find (...)
15 Jun 2019	Argyresthia brockeella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY564619	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on the Miltonrigg Wood car park fence.
15 Jun 2019	Micropterix aureatella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY564618	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on the Miltonrigg Wood car park fence
23 Apr 2019	Pammene spledidulana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Drab Oak Piercer (Pammene splendidulana) found on fencepost at (...)
17 Mar 2019	Brindled Pug	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56466173	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on fencepost at edge of wood (Wingspan 22mm).
16 Feb 2019	Spring Usher	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	On fencepost at edge of wood, measured at 6mm in length. (...)
21 Dec 2018	Mottled Umber	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found perched on a fencepost at the edge of (...)
24 Nov 2018	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY565616	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found on a fencepost by the roadside. (...)
9 Aug 2018	Flame Carpet	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy
22 Jun 2018	Pandemis cerasana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Pandemis cerasana (Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix)? There are (...)
18 Jun 2017	Snout	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY559608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy

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