August Thorn Ennomos quercinaria

70.233 .... B&F 1612
August Thorn Ennomos quercinaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
Very much a moth of the south of Nottinghamshire, with only occasional records from the Sherwood Forest/Budby South Forest and Clumber Park areas, with records also coming from Misterton and Broadholme. Very similar to September Thorn, but is distinguishable by August Thorn holding the wings more flat to the surface when at rest. A note on Broadholme records: Broadholme is in vice county VC56 of Nottinghamshire (which is covered by www.eakringbirds.com), but not in the administrative county of Nottinghamshire on which the county's moth records are based by the county macromoth recorder. As such, no Broadholme records appear in any county reports, but they are officially recognised by Butterfly Conservation as being Nottinghamshire records.
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Photographed at Sherwood Forest July 2024

The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre Records. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2021. Martin Gray.Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2003). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2004). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2005). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2006). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2007). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2008). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2009). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2009). Stuart Warrington. The National Trust (Clumber Park invertebrate records). David Hursthouse. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2010). Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Allan and Annette Binding. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2012). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2014). Meg Skinner. Stuart Warrington. The National Trust (Clumber Park invertebrate records). Andy Adcock. David Yates. The National Trust (Clumber Park invertebrate records). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2017). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2021). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2022). Ian Ellis. Ian Blackmore-Allen.

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Updated July 2024