73.016 .... B&F 2442
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina (Haworth, 1809) 
Status .....Fairly widespread across much of Nottinghamshire, although seems absent from some parts of the Trent Valley.
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Photographed at Hare Hill Wood May 2004   Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP June 2008
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Beautiful Golden Y
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Lound Moth Group. Dave Morton. David Yates. Sean Tobin. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. NBGRC. Martin Gray. Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Andy Adcock. David Shaw. Brian Wetton. Graham Birkett.

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

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