62.005 .... B&F 1426
Lesser Wax Moth Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)
Status .....This seems to be an uncommon (or just under recorded) moth in Nottinghamshire. We have recorded it just twice, with records from Eakring in 2007 and more recently at Market Warsop in 2015.
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Photographed at Market Warsop July 2015
 
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Photographed at Lound Wood August 2007
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Achroia grisella
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Tim Sexton. Melanie Newman. Martin Gray. Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results).

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Updated September 2023

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