News broke across the Derbyshire moth-ing media on 23rd May 2026 when one of our recording team members posted a photograph of what he thought was Phtheochroa schreibersiana (Gold Cloak) a really rare species of Tortrix.
Dave Newcombe, from Belper, had trapped a single individual overnight on 22nd May in his garden MV Light trap in Belper. An amazing record, so far inland, and of such a significant and endangered species in Britain. Highly likely a migrant as the weather conditions overnight on 22nd May were perfect for the arrival of migrant moths and a small range of species were recorded in Derbyshire.
To back this up there were 2 Small Mottled Willow, several Silver Y, several Turnip Moth and double figures of Plutella xylostella, that have so far been reported.
