Brindled Beauty

Lycia hirtaria

2,168Records since 2000

AprilPeak month

40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2

Feb6

Mar228

Apr1,443

May306

Jun4

Jul2

Aug1

Sep0

Oct0

Nov2

Dec0

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	West Berkshire	England	277
2	Oxfordshire	England	259
3	Highland	Scotland	199
4	Worcestershire	England	133
5	Bracknell Forest	England	78
6	Surrey	England	38
7	Suffolk	England	28
8	Dorset	England	28
9	Pembrokeshire	Wales	28
10	Telford and Wrekin	England	24
11	Bath and North East Somerset	England	22
12	Norfolk	England	16
13	Moray	Scotland	16
14	North Yorkshire	England	15
15	Devon	England	14

1,866 England226 Scotland62 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 2,168
Peak month: April
Counties with records: 40
Scientific name: Lycia hirtaria
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 1,858
Most recorded in: West Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Highland, Worcestershire, Bracknell Forest
Conservation designations: Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lycia
Name with authority: Lycia hirtaria (Clerck, 1759)
Described: 1759
Contributing datasets: 20