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Clay

Mythimna ferrago

2,612Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May8
Jun400
Jul1,646
Aug240
Sep25
Oct2
Nov5
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England375
2West Berkshire England263
3Worcestershire England236
4Suffolk England130
5Norfolk England80
6Cambridgeshire England57
7Argyll and Bute Scotland45
8Kent England43
9Telford and Wrekin England39
10Bracknell Forest England39
11Sefton England37
12Rutland England25
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland23
14Surrey England19
15Isle of Anglesey Wales18
2,374 England86 Scotland73 Wales68 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,612
Peak month
July
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Mythimna ferrago
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,254
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Mythimna
Name with authority
Mythimna ferrago Fabricius, 1787
Described
1787
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1627382 · GBIF 5772176