Blair's Shoulder-knot

Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri (Boursin, 1957)
Status .....Common and widespread in Nottinghamshire (including urban areas) and a moth we had encountered very few times, until we started to run an MV light in our garden. There are currently just a handful of records for the Sherwood Forest area.
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Photographed at Market Warsop October 2013

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Photographed at Budby South Forest September 2011.

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Photographed at Sherwood Forest October 2008

Blair's Shoulder-knot larva photographed on Juniper sp, Patchills, Mansfield June 2014

The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Phil Lee. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth reports 2003-2012). Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2013). Sean Tobin. Dave Morton. Tim Sexton. David Yates. Phil Cadman. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2014). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2015). Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2016). Graham Birkett. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Tom Shields. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2018). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2019). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2020). Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. Agnes Kiemel. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2021).

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2024


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Blair's Shoulder-knot