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Bee Moth

Aphomia sociella

5,916Records since 2000
JunePeak month
96Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar13
Apr194
May1,362
Jun2,739
Jul1,100
Aug151
Sep24
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England818
2Oxfordshire England703
3Worcestershire England276
4Sefton England200
5Cheshire East England104
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland91
7Cambridgeshire England66
8Bracknell Forest England62
9Telford and Wrekin England61
10Highland Scotland47
11Rutland England44
12Essex England42
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland42
14East Riding of Yorkshire England40
15City of Edinburgh Scotland37
5,393 England188 Scotland58 Wales265 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,916
Peak month
June
Counties with records
96
Scientific name
Aphomia sociella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,586
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Aphomia
Name with authority
Aphomia sociella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1305174 · GBIF 1870250