73.032 .... B&F 2425
Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status ..... Seems confined in Nottinghamshire to the Sherwood Forest area (where it is common at MV light) but also recorded from both Eaton and Gamston Woods near Retford.
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP April 2008
 
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Early stages                            
Full grown larva. Photographed at Eaton Wood August 2013
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Nut-tree Tussock
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. David Hursthouse. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Colin Watkin. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Steven Chick. NBGRC. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results).

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Updated January 2024

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