17.002 .... B&F 0452
Ypsolopha nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....Seems genuinely uncommon in Nottinghamshire. We know of few records, but recorded it ourselves from Eakring in 2007 and Wellow Park in 2011. In 2025, a larva was beaten from Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, from a site at Bevercotes.
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Adult, reared ex-Bevercotes larva. Photographed May 2025
 
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Photographed at Wellow Park July 2011
 
 
Early stages                                 
Full-grown larva on Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. Photographed at Bevercotes May 2025. Larva kindly provided by Nick and Samantha Brownley.
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Ypsolopha nemorella
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Martin Gray. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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Updated May 2025

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