Status
.....Lead-coloured Drab remains something of a county rarity and
in recent years, despite something of an increase at times, it can go
'missing' for a number of years before being recorded again. Regular
trapping in habitat containing Poplar and Aspen, ought to be productive
in attracting this moth to light.
Nottinghamshire's first
confirmed record for many years (since 1988) came from Southwell in 2006
(Wright, S. and Osbourne, J.E.), but
the moth didn't appear again in the county until 2011, when it was
recorded annually for a number of years until 2018. There appear to be
no published records of Lead-coloured Drab in Nottinghamshire, until one
turned up at MV light at Langford Lowfields in March 2026
(Ashley, A. and Morton, D.).
Thanks
to members of the Lound
Moth Group (lower photographs) and Dave Morton and Andy Ashley (upper
photographs) for providing the specimens shown below. |
