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Yearly Highlights (still under construction)

Date Location Prov. Spec. Gender Comment Action
2024-04-01 Beddingestrand Sk Bankesia conspurcatella Male Very many individuals airborne, possibly 3-digit numbers. This is a quite rare species, so great to find a new location with this ammount of individuals.
2023-12-05 Dalby Sk Chrysodeixis acuta Imago 40.0 mm. Found as cocoon on tomatoes indoors. Imago appeared 1 week later. Need to consult help for proper determination of species.
2023-09-16 Dalby Sk Ephestia woodiella Male First observation in Sweden, this species is recently splitted out frrom unicolorella as woodiella in northern Europe.
2023-08-03 Kåseberga Sk Stomopteryx remissella New location for this species (VU).
2023-06-18 Bingsmarken Sk Xylomoia graminea New location for this species and possible the 3rd observation in Sweden
2023-06-06 Hagestad Sk Cosmopterix scribaiella New location for this species. More sigthings by others on the same location after this one.
2022-10-28 Malmö Sk Utetheisa pulchella A number of this species flew into sourthern Sweden during a few days, this was a large specimen, 44.2 mm in wingspan, unusually big.
2022-08-27 Bingsmarken Sk Trichoplusia ni Caught in lighttrap, but pheromones was in close range, both probably helped.
2022-08-09 Kåseberga Sk Glyphipterix equitella New location for this species.
2022-08-07 Bingsmarken Sk Clostera anastomosis Rare, but had a good year 2022. My first sighting.
2022-08-02 Bingsmarken Sk Cynaeda dentalis New location for this species, could be the most far west and far south observation yet. About 70 km from closest known population at Kåseberga.
2022-08-02 Bingsmarken Sk Protarchanara brevilinea First time seen on the south costline east of Falsterbo. Is it spreading finally or a single outlier?
2022-07-31 Dalby Sk Acompsia schmidtiella 2nd observation on this location. New species for Sweden 2021
2022-07-29 Vombs ängar Sk Colias hyale Male First observation in Scania since 2018
2022-07-27 Filehajdar Go Parasite Female Feed on larva of Phtheochroa purpuratella, that was in its turn feeding on elmgallaphid colonies
2022-07-18 Norebod Go Pseudopostega auritella First observartion in province Gotland
2022-07-14 Kaupungsklint, Östergarn Go Bryophila domestica 3 individuals showed up at UV light. 16’C and otherwise a slow night
2022-07-13 Virserum, Dackestupet Sm Cucullia scrophulariae Larva found in the high part of the skislope
2022-07-07 Horna grushåla, Åhus Sk Delplanqueia dilutella Male New for Scania 2022, several more observatins of this species on this location this year.
2022-07-03 Benestad Sk Buszkoiana capnodactyla 1 individual caught on UV-light, 10 more individs spotted by Mats Lindeborg & Åsa Moqvist on the same location a few days earlier.
2022-06-28 Bingsmarken Sk Blastobasis glandulella Male New species for Sweden, found in Denmark 2015
2022-06-28 Dalby/Bingsmarken Sk Cnephasia pumicana Male New species for Nordic region. Mainly caught on C.pumicana pheromone which is very efficient in south of Scania. On expansion from Central Europe. Immigrated to Brittish Islands in 1986 already (first sighting according to https://www.researchgate.net/publication/ 318108856_Cnephasia_pumicana_Zeller_1847_Lep_Tortricidae_stat_rev_newly_recognised_as_British)
2022-06-27 Bingsmarken Sk Pyralis cardinalis This could be the most far south and far west observation in Sweden yet.
2022-06-27 Bingsmarken Sk Euproctis chrysorrhoea In total 12 individuals found at this location during 2022, which is a really high number for this rare species. Another single individual was observed in Dalby 2022.
2022-06-21 Gessie Sk Cochylimorpha straminea Large number of individuals flying near the this year free growing large populations of the host plant Centaurea jacea.
2022-06-18 Bingsmarken Sk Aethes triangulana Second individual found in Scania, last year one individual was found on the same location. Could be bound to garden flowers, no host plants observed outside garden premises.
2022-06-05 Gessie Sk Aethes fennicana New species for Scania, 3 individuals was flying close to the host plant in the last light of day after a warm and sunny day.
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