Cydia cosmophorana

Cydia cosmophorana (Treitschke, 1835)
Status .....This is a rare moth in Nottinghamshire with just two records. It was first recorded from Lound Wood near Eakring in 2007, when a single was attracted to MV light (Pendleton, T.A. and Pendleton, D.T.) and there was a single record from the Sherwood Forest NNR, when one was attracted to MV light at Budby South Forest in 2016 (Leach, I. Harte, K. and Baker, P.).
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Photographed at Lound Wood June 2007

The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Dave Budworth (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Entomological Society 2019 Journal Number 169 Micro-Moth Report 1998-2019 – new species).

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Updated September 2022


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Cydia cosmophorana