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Brown Silver-line

Petrophora chlorosata

4,097Records since 2000
MayPeak month
82Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr206
May1,775
Jun1,304
Jul178
Aug28
Sep3
Oct0
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland949
2Worcestershire England497
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland376
4West Berkshire England251
5Highland Scotland232
6Suffolk England185
7Oxfordshire England120
8Bracknell Forest England100
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland85
10Surrey England49
11Devon England40
12Norfolk England36
13Kent England36
14Gwynedd Wales35
15Cornwall England33
2,066 England1,678 Scotland173 Wales162 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,097
Peak month
May
Counties with records
82
Scientific name
Petrophora chlorosata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,497
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pterophoridae
Genus
Pterophorus
Name with authority
Petrophora chlorosata (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1800325 · GBIF 1973467