70.055 .... B&F 1726
Large Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata (Clerck, 1759)
Status .....Common and widespread in Nottinghamshire, turning up in a variety of habitats. Markings are often variable. The top two photographs were of moths trapped by members of the Lound Moth Group.
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Photographed at Lound GP July 2014   Photographed at Lound GP July 2014
 
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Photographed at Gamston Wood June 2014   Photographed at Lound Wood June 2004
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Large Twin-spot Carpet
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth reports 2003-2012). David Hursthouse. Sean Tobin. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2013). Tim Sexton. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. David Yates. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2014). Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2015). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2016). Robert and Jill Carlyle. Steven Chick. NBGRC. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2017). Martin Gray. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Tom Shields. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2018). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2019). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2020). Brian Wetton. Graham Beeley. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2021). J.T. Radford. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2022). David Yates. Neil Pinder. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. David Atkinson.

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Updated March 2025
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