62.042 .... B&F 1458
Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta (Fourceroy, 1785)
Status .....A common moth across much of Nottinghamshire and despite being coloured and marked like a number of smaller Ermine moth species (Yponomeuta) identification should be relatively easy through this moth's much larger size alone.
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Photographed at Lound Wood June 2025
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Myelois circumvoluta
 
                 
                   
                   
                  The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Phil Lee. Sean Tobin. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Lound Moth Group. Martin Gray. NBGRC. Graham Birkett. Tom Shields. Jason and Lily Reece. J.T. Radford. Martin Kennewell. Neil Pinder.

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Updated January 2025

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