| Status
.....An adventive species, originally from Australia
but recorded in the UK since 1908. It has slowly spread north through
the UK and was first recorded in Nottinghamshire from Cotgrave Forest in
2009 (Finch, G. and Finch, A.), but is
still predominantly recorded from a number of sites in the south
of Nottinghamshire, including the one photographed by Tim Sexton
below, from his Attenborough garden. There are a couple of recent
records from further north in the county, which suggests this moth is
steadily advancing north, with records from Rainworth in November 2023
and Market Warsop in November 2024. |
