Buff Tip Phalera bucephala

Buff Tip Phalera bucephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....Quite regular at MV light at many woodland sites and often common around Sherwood Forest.
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Photographed at Red Hill June 2004

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Early stages
Egg batch (all proved to be parastised). Photographed on Goat Sallow Salix caprea, Rufford (Vexation Lane) July 2021.

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Full grown larva. Photographed on Hazel Corylus avellanella, Edwinstowe August 2021.

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Full grown larva. Photographed on Goat Sallow Salix caprea, Budby South Forest August 2012.

The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Colin Watkin. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Phil Lee. David Hursthouse. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Sean Tobin. Tim Sexton. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. David Yates. Pauline Bradford. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Graham Birkett. NBGRC. Steven Chick. Martin Gray. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Tom Shields. Mike Hill. Jason and Lilir Reece. Agnes Kiemel. Brian Wetton. Graham Beeley. J.T. Radford. Nick and Samantha Brownley. Martin Kennewell. Neil Pinder. Graham Beeley. David Atkinson.

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Updated March 2025


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Buff-tip