73.022 .... B&F 2439
Gold Spot Plusia festucae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....Fairly common throughout Nottinghamshire, but not usually ever recorded in any numbers per trapping session.
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Photographed at Besthorpe NR July 2025
 
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP August 2010
 
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Photographed at Red Hill August 2004
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Gold Spot
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Richard Rogers. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Phil Lee. David Hursthouse. Sean Tobin. Dave Morton. David Yates. Phil Cadman. Pauline Bradford. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Rob Johnson. NBGRC. Martin Gray. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Steven Chick. Andy Adcock. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Graham Birkett. Tom Shields. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Ian Ellis. Colin Watkin. David Shaw. Martin Kennewell. Neil Pinder. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. David Atkinson.

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 March 2025
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