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Asian gypsy moth, Gypsy Moth

Lymantria dispar

1,200Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr8
May38
Jun64
Jul307
Aug739
Sep39
Oct0
Nov1
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England209
2West Berkshire England70
3Suffolk England29
4Essex England29
5Bracknell Forest England26
6Surrey England19
7Kent England16
8Cambridgeshire England10
9Brighton and Hove England2
10Bath and North East Somerset England1
11Medway England1
12Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland1
1,197 England1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,200
Peak month
August
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Lymantria dispar
Also known as
Gypsy Moth
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
887
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, West Berkshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Lymantria
Name with authority
Lymantria dispar Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q45532 · GBIF 1820406