71.020 .... B&F 2011
Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina (Clerck, 1759)
Status .....Regularly recorded at MV light and widespread throughout Nottinghamshire.
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP August 2010   Photographed at Lound Wood June 2003
 
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Early stages                            
Full-grown larva on Goat Sallow Salix caprea (provided by Nick and Samantha Brownley), photographed at Calverton Pit Top September 2024
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Pale Prominent
 
 
 
 
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. Phil Lee. David Hursthouse. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Sean Tobin. Tim Sexton. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Mark Dennis (Colwick Park Bird Reports 1993-2001). David Yates. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. NBGRC. Martin Gray. Martin Gray. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Graham Birkett. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Ian Ellis.  Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. Tom Shields. David Shaw. Brian Wetton. Agnes Kiemel. J.T. Radford. Martin Kennewell. Neil Pinder. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Christine Maxwell. Nick and Samantha Brownley. David Atkinson.

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 March 2025
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