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Alder Moth

Acronicta alni

481Records since 2000
MayPeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr15
May176
Jun150
Jul45
Aug28
Sep3
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England47
2Worcestershire England43
3Oxfordshire England27
4Argyll and Bute Scotland14
5Telford and Wrekin England13
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland12
7Cornwall England11
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland9
9Bracknell Forest England9
10Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland9
11Kent England8
12Cambridgeshire England7
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
14Devon England6
15Bath and North East Somerset England6
392 England28 Scotland10 Wales47 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
481
Peak month
May
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Acronicta alni
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
376
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Acronicta
Name with authority
Acronicta alni (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q631797 · GBIF 1782726