Status
..... Until very recently, not recorded or known from anywhere in
Nottinghamshire since the publication of J.W.Carr's book 'The
Invertebrate Fauna of Nottinghamshire. Nottingham: J.& H. Bell Ltd
(1916)'. Nationally, Light Orange Underwing is restricted to southern
and south-eastern parts of the UK, but it does occur in neighbouring
Lincolnshire where the one below was photographed by John Lamin.
But in March 2026, a number of moths believed to be Orange Underwing Archiearis parthenias,
were photographed at Rushcliffe Country Park
(Mathers, S.), but were suspected as
potentially being Light Orange Underwing (Mark
Skevington). The suspicion proved correct, when specimens were
netted and photographed the following day, with a male showing the
feathered antennae of this species, which Orange Underwing doesn't have. |
