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Angle Shades

Phlogophora meticulosa

6,497Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
102Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan44
Feb60
Mar122
Apr342
May690
Jun642
Jul224
Aug923
Sep1,751
Oct1,009
Nov254
Dec83

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England858
2West Berkshire England427
3Argyll and Bute Scotland333
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland312
5Worcestershire England272
6Suffolk England157
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland103
8Highland Scotland96
9Sefton England91
10Cambridgeshire England89
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland82
12Kent England79
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland74
14Norfolk England59
15Bracknell Forest England55
4,979 England873 Scotland146 Wales464 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,497
Peak month
September
Counties with records
102
Scientific name
Phlogophora meticulosa
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,355
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Phlogophora
Name with authority
Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q768921 · GBIF 1782560