32.024 .... B&F 0702
Agonopterix assimilella (Treitschke, 1832)
Status .....Currently just a handful of recent Nottinghamshire records, but probably a widespread moth of areas containing stands of Broom. Most easily recorded as a larva during the late-Winter and early Spring, by examining shoots of the foodplant which have been fixed together with silk. The larva is a rich plum colour.
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Adult, reared ex-Walesby larva photographed May 2016
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Early stages                            
Near full-grown larva photographed on Broom Cytisus scoparius, photographed at Ransom Wood March 2017.
 
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7mm larva photographed on Broom Cytisus scoparius, Gibraltar Plantation March 3rd 2024.
 
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Larva photographed on Broom Cytisus scoparius, Mansfield, February 2008.
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Agonopterix assimilella
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Tim Sexton. Stephen Palmer. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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Updated January 2024

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