73.145 .... B&F 2349
Mere Wainscot Photedes fluxa ((Hübner, [1809])  
Status .....Currently known from Nottinghamshire on the basis of a two records, when one was attracted to light at Broadholme on the Nottinghamshire border with neighbouring Lincolnshire in August 2016 (Gray, M.), Our thanks go to Martin Gray, for kindly providing the accompanying photograph. The county's second record, was from Roger Freestone's West Bridgford garden on June 27th 2025, which was subsequently confirmed by the county macro moth recorder in early 2026.

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.
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Photographed by Martin Gray at Broadholme, August 2nd 2016
   
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Mere Wainscot 
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Martin Gray. Roger Freestone.

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 April 2026

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