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Black Rustic

Aporophyla nigra

3,938Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May2
Jun6
Jul7
Aug66
Sep1,739
Oct1,816
Nov117
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England855
2West Berkshire England504
3Argyll and Bute Scotland163
4Norfolk England149
5Worcestershire England145
6Highland Scotland129
7Suffolk England122
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland50
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland37
10Bracknell Forest England35
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland34
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland33
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland27
14Surrey England22
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland19
3,315 England379 Scotland34 Wales207 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,938
Peak month
October
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Aporophyla nigra
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,426
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Aporophyla
Name with authority
Aporophyla nigra Haworth, 1809
Described
1809
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1310650 · GBIF 1760891