Status
.....Originally
thought to be an
uncommon moth in Nottinghamshire, based purely on the lack of previously
published records. There
are recent records from Broadholme (Gray, M.) and Wellow Park in 2019,
then at Wellow Park again in 2025, when we found evidence of larval feeding on coppiced Hazel
growing in shady conditions.
A number of other records have followed as a result of specifically
targetted surveys during 2025, and it has been found to be more common
than was supposed. Consequently, it is believed that any woodland with
coppiced Hazel
Corylus avellana
infected with the Fungi
Hypoxylon fuscum, will probably hold this moth. Records of larval feeding
signs/galleries, have come from Lound Wood, Warsop Wood, Kirton Wood, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
and other sites. |
