47.005 .... B&F 0483
Epermenia chaerophyllella (Goeze, 1783)
Status .....Presumed to be a common moth over much of Nottinghamshire, despite the distribution map indicating a more restricted range. The variably marked adults over-winter and there are two or sometimes three broods a year.
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Adult photographed at Market Warsop July 2018
 
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Adult reared from ex-Kersall larva, photographed June 2007   Adult photographed at Market Warsop April 2015
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Epermenia chaerophyllella
 
Larva photographed on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) Eakring Flash September 2006
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Tim Sexton. Richard Rogers. Martin Gray. J.T. Radford.

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Updated January 2024

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