70.079 .... B&F 1769
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica (Turner H J, 1925)
Status ..... Small numbers occur regularly in the Sherwood Forest area, where this moth is perhaps at its commones in the countyt, but there are scattered records from most parts of Nottinghamshire.
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Photographed at Market Warsop August 2020
 
 
Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP September 2010
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Spruce Carpet
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Graham and Anona Finch. David Hursthouse. Phil Lee. Sean Tobin. David Yates. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Graham Birkett. Martin Gray. NBGRC. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Tom Shields. Colin Watkin. Phil Cadman. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. Graham Beeley. Ian Ellis.

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated September 2023

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