62.021 .... B&F 1441
Oncocera semirubella (Scopoli, 1763)  
Status .....A moth typically found on chalk downland and limestone cliffs, with most UK records coming from southern coastal counties. The moth below is thought to be the first record for Nottinghamshire and was trapped by members of the Lound Moth Group at the Idle Valley NR on August 2nd 2019. The same trapping session also providing the county's first record of Kent Black Arches (Meganola albula).
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Photographed at the Idle Valley NR August 2019
 
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Oncocera semirubella  
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Lound Moth Group.

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Updated August 2019

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