Status
.....Once extremely rare, but now seems to be on the
increase in Nottinghamshire over recent years. There were formerly just three known sites
after being discovered
at
Nottingham University's Jubilee Campus
in 2015 by
Jérémie
Cauchois, which was the first county record since 1986. Numerous exit
holes were subsequently found after the discovery at the base of several Poplar
sp
(Wright, S.).
The moth has recently been found at the British Geological Survey
offices at Keyworth, Staunton Quarry NR, Colwick CP and Stoke Bardolph
and is obviously awaiting discovery at other Trent Valley sites, but has
recently been found (May 2025) at Newark's Sconce and Devon Park. Many thanks to Thomas Shields,
who very kindly offered his photographs of the adult to be included
here. |
