| Status
.....Only recorded new to Nottinghamshire in 2023, when
the individual illustrated was netted flying near Sycamore by Graham
Beeley on October 7th 2023 and the identity confirmed by Martin Gray the
county micro moth recorder. Caloptilia honoratella was only
very recently regarded as a rare migrant to the UK, with the first UK
record coming from Surrey in 2017, but it seems to have colonised many
counties now and is likely to become more regularly recorded in he
coming years. Identification needs confirming by gen det. Many thanks to
Graham Beeley for providing the opportunity to photograph the moth and
to Martin Gray for confirming the ID. |
