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Brown House Moth

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

6,590Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb9
Mar19
Apr97
May666
Jun1,706
Jul1,803
Aug1,531
Sep464
Oct50
Nov7
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England1,338
2Oxfordshire England780
3Sefton England197
4Worcestershire England183
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland182
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland148
7Argyll and Bute Scotland98
8Cambridgeshire England63
9Highland Scotland57
10Telford and Wrekin England51
11Essex England42
12Norfolk England37
13Cornwall England37
14Nottingham England34
15Suffolk England32
5,730 England456 Scotland61 Wales321 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,590
Peak month
July
Counties with records
95
Scientific name
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,199
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Oecophoridae
Genus
Hofmannophila
Name with authority
Hofmannophila pseudospretella Stainton, 1849
Described
1849
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5876818 · GBIF 1836899