Moths in the garden

A clear, but not cool night. I was tempted to grab a small moth on the trap during the evening, and this morning it remains unidentified. It's some kind of tortrix I think, but looks very worn.

A very worn Ptycholoma lecheana

The rest of the catch this morning were more familiar. It included two Common Swifts, a Marbled Minor ag, and an Oegoconia ag (probably quadripuncta). So that's four moths new for the year of which only one can be specifically identified. The Tortrix may yet be identified by an expert from the photograph, but the Marbled Minor ag and Oegoconia ag won't be identified because, for the former I still cannot bring myself to "retain" macros, and the latter escaped during the potting process.

Common Swift

Marbled Minor ag

Oegoconia ag

An update on the tortrix. UKmothID tweeted me to say it was Ptycholoma lecheana. Naturally I looked at the relevant page in my ID guide, and of course he was right. If it had been fresh and new it would have looked orangey brown towards the inner wing and darker brown at the outer wing. The two blackish spots and pale line across half way down the wing are the only vestiges of the fresh markings remaining.

The full catch was as follows:

Oegoconia ag (probably quadripuncta) 1 (nfy)
Bryotropha affinis 1
Ruddy Streak 2
Ptycholoma lecheana 1 (nfg)
Light Brown Apple Moth 2
Codling Moth 3
Common Swift 2 (nfy)
Figure of Eighty 2
Swallow Prominent 1
Spectacle 1
Coronet 2
Pale Mottled Willow 1
Heart and Dart 17
Flame Shoulder 1
Marbled Minor ag 1 (nfy)