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Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)  
Until only a few years ago, this moth was still rare at sites along the UK's south coast, but in recent years, there has been considerable change in the status of this beautiful moth and it is being quite regularly recorded now in many inland counties.

There are currently nine Nottinghamshire records (as of September 2024) of this stunning Pyralid. One taken at light from Hagg Wood, Newstead Park on October 30th 1992 (Cooper, K.), remained Nottinghamshire's only record until 2020, until one was recorded from Stanton-on-the-Wolds on July 21st 2020 (Mathers, S.), then another recorded from a Colwick garden on October 25th 2022 (Shields, T.) and East Bridgford on October 9th 2023 (Reece, J. and Reece, L.).
The most recent records are from 2024, including singles at Elkesley on August 5th (Coombes, P.), Newark August 26th (Atkinson, D.), East Bridgford again on August 27th (Reece, J. and Reece, L.), Keyworth August 28th (Pinder, N.) and Langford Lowfields September 7th 2024 (Morton, D. and Ashley, A.).

Grateful thanks go to Jason and Lily Reece, for providing me the specimen showed in the photographs below.
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Photographed at East Bridgford, August 2024
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Palpita vitrealis 
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Steve Mathers. Jason and Lily Reece. Paul Coombes. Tom Shields. Dave Atkinson (via Nottinghamshire Moths and Butterflies Facebook Group). Neil Pinder (via Nottinghamshire Moths and Butterflies Facebook Group). Dave Morton and Andy Ashley (via Nottinghamshire Moths and Butterflies Facebook Group).

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 September 2024

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