Miller Acronicta leporina

The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Phil Lee. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Wil Heeney. Dave Morton. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Mark Dennis (Colwick Park Bird Reports 1993-2001). David Yates. Nottingham City Council. Sean Tobin. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. NBGRC. Martin Gray. Steven Chick. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Colin Watkin. Graham Birkett. Ian Ellis. Phil Cadman. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Tom Shields. Brian Wetton. J.T. Radford. Martin Kennewell. Neil Pinder. Graham Beeley. David Atkinson.

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Updated March 2025

Miller Acronicta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....Generally common in a line through Nottinghamshire, running from Nottingham in the south-west, to Retford in the north-east. There seem to be few records anywhere east of the River Trent.
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Photographed at Red Hill, Eakring June 2023

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Early stages
Full grown larva. Photographed on Birch Betula pendula Carburton July 2007


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Miller