49.077 .... B&F 1048
Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Status .....An extremely variable moth, which is common at many sites in Nottinghamshire, where it is usually recorded in low numbers. It is perhaps most frequent in some suburban gardens and has always been historically scarce at Sherwood Forest NNR, but common at the Idle Valley NR near Retford.
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Photographed at Market Warsop September 2012
 
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP September 2012
 
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP September 2010
 
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Photographed at Market Warsop August 2017
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Acleris variegana
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. David Hursthouse. Phil Lee. Graham Beeley. Sean Tobin. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Tim Sexton. Phil Cadman. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. NBGRC. Martin Gray. Meg Skinner. Steven Chick. Graham Birkett. Tom Shields. Ian Ellis.  Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. Tom Shields. Graham Beeley. J.T. Radford.

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Updated January 2024

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