Satin Beauty

Satin Beauty Deileptenia ribeata (Clerck, 1759)
Status .....Rare and restricted in Nottinghamshire, where it is currently known from Clumber Park, where it was first found in 2009 and then trapped again in 2011 (Woods, R.). with other sites discovered more recently at Cotgrave Forest, Sherwood Forest Center Parcs and Theives Wood near Mansfield.
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Photographed at Thieves Wood, Mansfield, July 2025. Specimen kindly supplied by Dave Morton and Andy Ashley.

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									Photographed by Martin Gray, Chambers Farm Wood, July 2018.


									The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2011). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2019). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2020). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2021). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2022). 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 July 2025