Pale Oak Beauty Hypomecis punctinalis
Status .....First recorded at Eakring in 2007 when there were three records from Lound Wood. Prior to the Eakring records, there was only one modern Nottinghamshire record, coming from Misterton in the early 1980's. The Pale Oak Beauty is described as being exceptionally rare in Nottinghamshire, and rare in the Midlands area in general.
     
Photographed at Lound Wood June 2007    
 
 
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