41.002 .... B&F 0873
Blastobasis adustella (Walsingham, 1894) 
Status .....Common and regular at MV light at all sites visited, to which it can be attracted to in large numbers. Seems absent from the south-east of the county, although a lack of interest in micro moths could be the reason for this.
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Photographed at Besthorpe GP September 2024
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Blastobasis adustella
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Lound Moth Group. David Hursthouse. Graham Beeley. Wil Heeney. Tim Sexton. Phil Cadman. Ian Hunt. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. NBGRC. Martin Gray. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Ian Ellis. Steven Chick. Tom Shields. Andy Adcock. Tom Shields. Graham Beeley. J.T. Radford. Nick and Samantha Brownley. Martin Kennewell. Christine Maxwell. Neil Pinder. Graham Beeley. David Atkinson.

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