Ribautiana tenerrima (Herrich-Schäffer, 1834)
Despite this species being common on Bramble throughout much of the UK, there seem to be few Nottinghamshire records. The one illustrated was found and photographed by Tim Sexton, at the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust's Attenborough Nature Reserve in January 2019. The only other record we are aware of, is from Bentinck Banks (another NWT reserve) in 2007 (Kirby, P.).
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Ribautiana tenerrima
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Tim Sexton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Peter Kirby (Ploughman Wood Invertebrate survey 1998 on behalf of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust). 

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2021

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