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Brimstone Moth

Opisthograptis luteolata

18,372Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
105Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb3
Mar12
Apr860
May2,777
Jun3,376
Jul3,249
Aug4,648
Sep2,377
Oct95
Nov24
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England3,228
2Oxfordshire England2,613
3Worcestershire England783
4Argyll and Bute Scotland539
5Highland Scotland258
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland253
7Sefton England241
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland241
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland225
10Bracknell Forest England221
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland188
12Norfolk England172
13Cambridgeshire England160
14Telford and Wrekin England152
15Kent England142
15,549 England1,301 Scotland321 Wales1,148 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
18,372
Peak month
August
Counties with records
105
Scientific name
Opisthograptis luteolata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,504
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Opisthograptis
Name with authority
Opisthograptis luteolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q867682 · GBIF 1960617