J.W. Carr in his book 'The Invertebrate Fauna of
Nottinghamshire. Nottingham: J.& H. Bell Ltd (1916)' made small
mention of this species with 'Sterland's further records of C.
sponsa and C. promissa, each taken 'once in Sherwood
Forest, may be dismissed as more than improbable'.
Based on the increase in records nationally (thought mostly to refer to
migrants from the continent) this was personally considered one of the most likely
species to turn up in the county within the next few years. It had been increasingly recorded
along south-east coasts, but there were a few records from south Midland
counties. Nottinghamshire's first records came in 2022,
when singles were attracted to lights operated at Misterton
(Lee, P.) on July 28th, an area of private woodland in
the south of the county (Dulwich, P.) on August 13th and at Market Warsop on August 15th
(Morton, D.). Many thanks to Dave
Morton for very kindly providing the moth for photographing and be
illustrated here. |
