On the 26th of June I used a pheromone trap to try and catch a rare moth in Yorkshire Grapholita lobarzewskii in fact it’s UK status is: A scarce and local species, with relatively few records in Britain.
I thought the chances would be -1000+ but you can always dream!
Well unbelievably the trap which hold the scent of a female Grapholita lobarzewskii worked and I caught a male!
Given the rarity of the moth I knew that the Yorkshire Moths recorders would want more details and photographs to back up my claim
Grapholita lobarzewskii
Thankfully after much debate and emails to the top micro moth recorders in Yorkshire the moth has been accepted as Grapholita lobarzewskii which is brilliant news for our recording area!
I suspect that with the use of this pheromone trap for the species probably more records will start to appear.
