Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata

Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....Very common and widespread in Nottinghamshire, even in urban gardens. Not always easily attracted to MV light in numbers.
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Photographed at Market Warsop August 2014		Photographed at Eakring Meadows June 2003

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Early stages
Half-grown larva, photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter late March 2024

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Half-grown larva, photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter mid-April 2024

The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Richard Rogers. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. David Hursthouse. Phil Lee. Sean Tobin. Pauline Bradford. Wil Heeney. Graham Beeley. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Mark Dennis (Colwick Park Bird Reports 1993-2001). Tim Sexton. Phil Cadman. Ian Hunt. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Meg Skinner. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Graham Birkett. Martin Gray. NBGRC. Steven Chick. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Indy Kiemel Greene and Agnes Kiemel. Melanie Newman and Mike Hyatt. 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. Ian Ellis. Andy Adcock. Brian Wetton. J.T. Radford.

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Updated January 2024


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Yellow Shell