1.002 .... B&F 0002
Micropterix mansuetella (Zeller, 1844)
Status .....We found what is believed to be the first Nottinghamshire record of this nationally scarce and localised moth at Gamston Wood in 2013. The following year, it turned up in nearby Treswell Wood and these two woodlands represent the only known sites in Nottinghamshire, where it is found.
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Photographed at Treswell Wood near Retford, May 2014.
 
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Photographed at Gamston Wood near Retford, June 2013.
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Micropterix mansuetella
 
 
 
 
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Updated January 2024

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