70.045 .... B&F 1732
Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....Generally common (sometimes abundant) in grassy areas such as former colliery sites and rough wasteground. This moth is extremely well recorded at the Idle Valley NR.
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Photographed at Market Warsop July 2012
 
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Photographed at Budby South Forest July 2010   Photographed at Bevercotes Pit Wood July 2006
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Shaded Broad-bar
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Richard Rogers. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Martin Harvey. Sean Tobin. Mark Dennis (Colwick Park Bird Reports 1993-2001). Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Phil Cadman. NBGRC. Melanie Newman and Mike Hyatt. Martin Gray. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Graham Birkett. Steven Chick. David Shaw. Andy Adcock. Tom Shields. Brian Wetton. J.T. Radford.

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Updated January 2024
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