I tried three of the tortrix pheromone lures out in the garden yesterday afternoon from about 4pm onwards. I'd barely hung up the trap containing the MOL lure (for Grapholita molesta) when it brought in the moth below, which must have been waiting somewhere very close by! It appears to be either Pammene albuginana or Pammene suspectana but I'm not clever enough to tell them apart visually so it'll need dissection to be sure of the ID. Either one would be new for the garden (suspectana has yet to be recorded in Bucks).
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| Pammene sp., Westcott 18th May |
Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks
I got both species last year with the aptly named FUN lure, ID'd by Peter Hall. Suspectana was the first one recorded, 14-5-2022, then the other one 2/6/2022.
ReplyDeletesuspectana is by far the commonest of the two here with 16 recorded last year. About equal numbers to FUN and MOL lures. albuginana 2 each to FUN and ARG lures.
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