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Brown-tail

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

755Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar13
Apr87
May76
Jun111
Jul410
Aug37
Sep7
Oct4
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England133
2Suffolk England75
3Essex England56
4Kent England47
5West Berkshire England38
6Cambridgeshire England32
7Norfolk England32
8East Riding of Yorkshire England30
9Dorset England18
10Kingston upon Hull, City of England18
11Somerset England13
12Portsmouth England6
13Surrey England5
14Rutland England5
15Worcestershire England4
748 England2 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
755
Peak month
July
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
472
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Essex
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Euproctis
Name with authority
Euproctis chrysorrhoea Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q45902 · GBIF 1821856