Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria (Thunberg, 1792)
Status .....Common in many Nottinghamshire woodlands and well-recorded from the Sherwood Forest area of the county, but this moth does also occur widely in suburban areas. There are apparently few records from (and east of) the Trent Valley, north to Newark.
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Photographed at Lound Wood April 2026

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Photographed at Lound Wood April 2011

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Menophra abruptaria ab. fuscata, photographed at Market Warsop May 2018

The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. David Hursthouse. Phil Lee. Sean Tobin. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Tim Sexton. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Wil Heeney. Martin Gray. NBGRC. Steven Chick. Meg Skinner. Phil Cadman. 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). Tom Shields. Colin Watkin. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. David Shaw. Neil Pinder. Graham Beeley. David Atkinson. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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Updated January 2026


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Waved Umber