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Cabbage Moth

Mamestra brassicae

1,384Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr15
May127
Jun200
Jul361
Aug476
Sep130
Oct11
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England268
2West Berkshire England62
3Suffolk England49
4Worcestershire England35
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland35
6Cambridgeshire England30
7Norfolk England27
8Essex England25
9Kent England20
10Surrey England19
11Sefton England16
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland15
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland13
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland11
15Bracknell Forest England10
1,238 England26 Scotland9 Wales106 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,384
Peak month
August
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Mamestra brassicae
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,142
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, West Berkshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Mamestra
Name with authority
Mamestra brassicae Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1045638 · GBIF 1788522