Pebble Hook-tip

Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status .....Probably common over most of Nottinghamshire, though there are few records from anywhere east of the River Trent. It is very well recorded from sites in the Sherwood Forest and Idle Valley NR areas.
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Photographed at Market Warsop June 2018

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Photographed at Sherwood Forest CP May 2006

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Early stages
Full grown larva. Photographed at Gedling CP September 2015

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. Dave Morton. Andy Ashley. Tim Sexton. Robert and Jill Carlyle. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2016). Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. NBGRC. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Martin Gray. Steven Chick. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Ian Ellis. Phil Cadman. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Andy Adcock. Tom Shields. Mike Hill. Brian Wetton. Agnes Kiemel. J.T. Radford. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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 2024


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Pebble Hook-tip