Status
.....A rare migrant to Nottinghamshire, with scattered
records across the south of the county. There were a total of five
Nottinghamshire records in 2003, which was notable for the best ever
influx of this moth into the UK.
In 2020 there were records are from Ravenshead on
August 20th 2020 and
September 13th 2019 (McGeever, D. and McGeever, V.) West Bridgford on September 12th 2015 (Hurst, A.)
and Misterton in August 21st 2022
(Lee, P), but there were a number of other records from 2022
including Radcliffe-on-Trent, Wollaton, East Bridgford,
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Caythorpe and Bulcote (two larvae). There were two records
from 2023, of two larva
found at the side of the River Trent at Collingham on July 30th,
followed by an adult by day, at Retford on October 12th
(Watkin, C.).
2024 records include singles at Broadholme on August 28th and
September 6th (Gray, M.), at
Newthorpe on September 2nd and 7th 2024 (per Viles,
I.), Underwood September 6th
(Hector Brown, K.) Ravenshead on September 20th (McGeever, D. and McGeever, V.) and East
Bridgford on October 16th 2024 (Reece, J. and Reece, L.).
The latest record involves a single found at Darlton
(per Leonard, P.) on September 5th
2025. |
