Mottled Beauty

Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....Common and widespread in woodland areas and occasionally from more suburban habitats.
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PAdult reared ex-Sansom Wood larva. Photographed June 2024.

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Photographed at Lound Wood June 2004		Photographed near Market Warsop June 2008

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Early stages
Final-instar larva on Birch Betula pendula. Photographed at Sansom Wood near Blidworth April 2024. Specimen supplied by Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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Final-instar larva on Beech Fagus sylvatica. Photographed near Bevercotes Pit Wood, May 2025. Specimen supplied by Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Sean Tobin. Wil Heeney. Phil Cadman. Tim Sexton. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. David Yates. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. NBGRC. Martin Gray. Melanie Newman. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Netherfield Wildlife Group. Tom Shields. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. Graham Beeley. Graham Birkett. Brian Wetton. Brian Wetton. J.T. Radford. Nick and Samantha Brownley. Neil Pinder. Graham Beeley. David Atkinson.

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 March 2025


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Mottled Beauty