Yellow-line Quaker

Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta (Hübner, 1809)
Status .....Common over most of Nottinghamshire, but this moth seems to be surprisingly absent in some areas where it might be expected to occur. Seems to have possibly declined slightly, over the past few years.
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP September 2010

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Early stages
PNear full-grown larva on Goat Sallow Salix caprea. Photographed at Rainworth Heath May 2025. (Specimen provided by Nick and Samantha Brownley)

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The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Colin Watkin. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. David Hursthouse. Phil Lee. Sean Tobin. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Tim Sexton. Dave Morton. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. NBGRC. Martin Gray. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Iain Leach and Kate Harte (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Andy Adcock. Tom Shields. Graham Birkett. Martin Kennewell. Neil Pinder. Jason Reece and Lily Reece.

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Updated May 2025


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Yellow-line Quaker