Status
.....Recorded as new to Nottinghamshire in 2018, when
one was trapped at Carlton on 27th July by Andy Adcock. There were no
records the following year, but in July and August 2020, there was
evidence of continued northerly range expansion with multiple records
from neighbouring counties. The one in the photographs, was trapped by
Dave Morton and Andy Ashley at Budby Pumping Station on 9th August 2020,
with one recorded by Rob and Jill Carlyle at 'Cordwood' near Bestwood on
the same night. Both these moths followed others taken previously at
Radcliffe-on-Trent (Freestone, R. and Dulwich,
P.). Grateful thanks go to Dave Morton, for retaining and
offering the moth for photographing and inclusion here. |