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Black Arches

Lymantria monacha

2,283Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar4
Apr0
May21
Jun109
Jul1,081
Aug788
Sep57
Oct0
Nov17
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England611
2Oxfordshire England220
3Worcestershire England168
4Norfolk England90
5Surrey England69
6Bracknell Forest England65
7Suffolk England64
8Cornwall England61
9Kent England54
10Cambridgeshire England50
11Devon England38
12Essex England32
13Dorset England24
14Telford and Wrekin England18
15Gloucestershire England16
2,220 England53 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,283
Peak month
July
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Lymantria monacha
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,892
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Lymantria
Name with authority
Lymantria monacha Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q596185 · GBIF 1820372