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Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Noctua fimbriata

4,656Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr13
May21
Jun199
Jul1,452
Aug1,110
Sep1,463
Oct185
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England759
2West Berkshire England563
3Worcestershire England168
4Norfolk England130
5Suffolk England128
6Cambridgeshire England102
7Bracknell Forest England90
8Kent England70
9Sefton England59
10Argyll and Bute Scotland56
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland45
12Surrey England40
13Essex England38
14Telford and Wrekin England30
15Dorset England23
4,404 England111 Scotland13 Wales122 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,656
Peak month
September
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Noctua fimbriata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,052
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Noctua
Name with authority
Noctua fimbriata Schreber, 1759
Described
1759
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1009838 · GBIF 1789745