Status
.....There used to be a great deal of uncertainty
regarding this moth in Nottinghamshire and until recently, it did seem to be genuinely scarce or
even
rare at one point. Misidentification with Heart and Dart or Turnip Moth
is
likely, but Heart and Club is notably smaller and the male's antennae is
two thirds pectinate (feathered) basally. Many county records submitted
in the past, didn't get accepted because of having no supporting
evidence such as a specimen or a good photograph, so determining the true status of this moth in Nottinghamshire
is quite difficult, but it would appear to show a tendancy for
Trent Valley sites close to Nottingham and is only occasional elsewhere,
but has been recorded the length of the county.
A note on Broadholme records:
Broadholme is in vice county VC56 of Nottinghamshire (which is covered
by www.eakringbirds.com), but not in the administrative county of
Nottinghamshire on which the county's moth records are based by
the county macromoth recorder. As such, no Broadholme records appear in
any county reports, but they are officially recognised by Butterfly
Conservation as being Nottinghamshire records. |
