70.247 .... B&F 1926
Pale Brindled Beauty Phigalia pilosaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Status .....Probably quite widespread, but maybe under recorded due to the early flight period. Most records we have available to us are from the north of Nottinghamshire.
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Male (normal form) photographed January 2011   Male (A pilosaria f. monacharia) photographed January 2011
 
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Typical male Pale Brindled Beauty, photographed March 2003   Melanic form P. pilosaria f. monacharia photographed March 2003
 
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Female photographed at Lound Wood March 2006    
 
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Early stages                            
3rd instar larva. Photographed at Eakring Meadows April 2023
 
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Half-grown larva. Photographed at Eakring Meadows May 2023
 
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Half-grown larva. Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP April 2011
 
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Full-grown larva. Photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter May 2023
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Pale Brindled Beauty
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Lound Moth Group. Colin Watkin. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. David Hursthouse. Sean Tobin. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Tim Sexton. Dave Morton. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Martin Gray. NBGRC. Indy Kiemel Greene and Agnes Kiemel. Tom Shields. Steven Chick. Graham Birkett.

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Updated January 2024
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