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2011
As the year progresses, notable species are found within the county. This page provides an update on new species & rarities discovered since the county list and website species pages were revised during last winter. Any new county records suggested below are subject to final ratification.
Page updatedNew County Records to date 2011Stop Press archive years
31/12/2011Macro = 6Micro = 29Current year


0371 Lunar Hornet Moth Sesia bembeciformis

0326 Phyllonorycter blancardella
 
The first county record in at least 50 years was found at Pontrobert. (TS).
July 2011
New County Record - leaf mine from Middletown (DB).
Oct 2011
 

1426 Lesser Wax Moth Achroia grisella

1400 Antigastra catalaunalis

1404 Hymenia recurvalis
New County Record - Commins Coch (PRW).
Oct 2011
New County Record - Middletown (DB).  Another scarce migrant species which may be new to Wales, and for which discovery details can be found on the blog.
Oct 2011
New County Record - Commins Coch (PRW).  Recorded less than 20 times in the UK,  this African migrant might be a first for Wales? Details of its discovery can be found on the blog.
Oct 2011

1745 The Mallow Larentia clavaria

2432 Ni Moth Trichoplusia ni

2115 Rosy Marsh Moth Eugraphe subrosea
The first county record since Oct 1987 (MT, Newtown). Trapped at light, Middletown (DB).
Sept 2011
New County Record - Cors Dyfi (MW).  A full account of the discovery of this rare migrant species can be found on the blog.
Sept 2011
The first county record since 1990 of this rare Red Data Book species. Trapped at light,  Cors Dyfi (MW).
Aug 2011

0217 Nemapogon wolffiella

0828 Caryocolum viscariella

2329s1 Confused Apamea furva ssp. britannica
New County Record - Middletown (DB).
Aug 2011
New County Record - trapped at light, Llanfyllin (MDH). This moth was found to be a male (gen det by ANG).
Aug 2011
The first record since 1976,  trapped at Llwynderw (RB).
Aug 2011

0388 Prochoreutis myllerana

1801 Barred Carpet Perizoma taeniata

0065 Stigmella speciosa
New County Record - from Commins Coch, 10th August (PRW).
Aug 2011
New County Record - found fresh dead at Llawr-y-glyn Nr.Trefeglwysi (DEC) in July.
July 2011
New County Record - leaf mine from Middletown (DB).
July 2011

0853 Anacampsis populella

0412 Argyresthia pygmaeella

0965 Cochylis hybridella
New County Record - found at Cors Dyfi (MW) in early July, the species was then retrapped a week later at Cors Dyfi during the MMG event.
July 2011
New County Record - discovered in June at Morben ISAF (PB).
July 2011
New County Record - Trapped at light during the MMG event at Llanymynech Rocks on 2nd July (PRW et al).
July 2011

1183 Epiblema foenella

1520 Hellinsia osteodactylus

1781 Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata
New County Record - Trapped at light during the MMG event at Llanymynech Rocks on 2nd July (PRW et al).
July 2011
New County Record - Trapped at light during the MMG event at Llanymynech Rocks on 2nd July (PRW et al).
July 2011
New County Record - Trapped at light during the MMG event at Llanymynech Rocks on 2nd July (PRW et al). At least 3 individuals were present of this species which previously had been recorded in North Wales just once.
July 2011

2088 Heart & Club Agrotis clavis

1086 Hedya salicella

1813 Haworth's Pug Eupithecia haworthiata
New County Record - Trapped at light during the MMG event at Llanymynech Rocks on 2nd July (PRW et al). This species was found to be present in good numbers.
July 2011

New County Record - Middletown (DB).
June 2011
Trapped at light at Commins Coch (PRW), a rather battered specimen was the first to be recorded in Montgomeryshire since 1990. However, a week later, we held an event at Llanymynech Rocks on 2nd July and the species was found to be plentiful there.
June 2011

2412 Silver Hook Deltote uncula

0186 Psyche casta

1147 Epinotia cruciana
New County Record - Cors Dyfi (MW).
June 2011
New County Record - Cors Dyfi (MW). Larval case also found and photographed near the adult moth.
June 2011
New County Record - Cors Dyfi (MW).
June 2011

0131 Incurvaria oehlmanniella

0726 Metzneria metzneriella

1106 Lobesia reliquana
A record from Derwenlas (AT) is the second confirmed for Montgomeryshire and the first since 1978.
June 2011
New County Record - Middletown (DB).
June 2011
New County Record - Commins Coch (PRW).
May 2011

0768 Carpatolechia notatella

0266 Bucculatrix nigricomella

0968 Cochylis nana
New County Record - Trapped at light during the MMG event at Dolforwyn Woods Nature Reserve (PRW et al).
May 2011
New County Record - Middletown (DB).
May 2011
New County Record - Cors Dyfi (MW).
May 2011

1633 Small Eggar Eriogaster lanestris

1674 Little Emerald Jodis lactearia

0516 Coleophora trifolii
Having significantly declined in Britain the Small Eggar was thought to have disappeared from Montgomeryshire until it was rediscovered breeding at Middletown (DB) in the extreme east of the county. A remarkable find, and yet, on the same day as the Middletown discovery, a larval tent of this species was also found in Montgomery (NRS).
May 2011
A record from Commins Coch (PRW) on 15th May was the first in the county since 1993. Another individual was trapped 9 days later at the same site.
May 2011
New County Record - Middletown (DB).
May 2011

1132 Epinotia subocellana

0776 Teleiopsis diffinis

2162 Glaucous Shears Papestra biren

New County Record - Middletown (DB).
May 2011
New County Record - Trapped at light, Llanfyllin (MDH).
May 2011
Not seen on the county since 1977, one was finally  recorded at the MMG event at Llandinam Gravels 23/4/11 (PRW et al). A second individual was then trapped 3 days later at Commins Coch (PRW), and a third 3 days after that (RB). Then, another appeared (SS)... and another (PE). All five records were from widely separated parts of the county. They are like buses these moths...
April 2011

2014 Chamomile Shark Cucullia chamomillae

1070 Olethreutes mygindiana

0328 Phyllonorycter junoniella
New County Record - Trapped at light, Llanfyllin (MDH).
April 2011
New County Record - reared from cowberry leaf spinnings from the Berwyns (ANG/JEG).
April 2011
New County Record - reared from collections made in the Berwyns (ANG/JEG).
April 2011
1009 Philedonides lunana0127 Emmetia angusticolella
1187 Epiblema costipunctana
New County Record - Berwyns (ANG/JEG).
March 2011
New County Record - Llanymynech Rocks (BHf & SBv).
July 2010
New County Record - Llanymynech Rocks (BHf & SBv).  
Picture is from the MMG event at Llanymynech Rocks on 2nd July 2011 (PRW et al), at which the species was also found.
July 2010

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