Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria

Barred Red *Hylaea fasciaria* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....In Nottinghamshire, this moth is generally confined to sites lying on Sherwood Sandstone. Regular at MV light around the Sherwood Forest NNR, but never in numbers on any one night.
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Photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter July 2011		Photographed at Lound Wood June 2007

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Early stages
Overwintering larva (10mm) beaten off Pine, Budby South Forest December 2024 (provided by Nick and Samantha Brownley)

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Larva (25mm) beaten off Pine, Budby South Forest late January 2025

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. Sean Tobin. Wil Heeney. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Nottingham City Council. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Martin Gray. 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). Graham Birkett. Agnes Kiemel. Brian Wetton. Neil Pinder. Jason Reece and Lily Reece.

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Updated January 2025


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Barred Red