About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Clouded Drab
Species · Butterflies and moths

Clouded Drab

Orthosia incerta

6,269Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb92
Mar2,144
Apr2,597
May965
Jun80
Jul8
Aug0
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland820
2Oxfordshire England676
3West Berkshire England564
4Worcestershire England309
5Highland Scotland275
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland275
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland211
8Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland196
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland165
10North Yorkshire England107
11Suffolk England97
12Telford and Wrekin England83
13Bracknell Forest England81
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland76
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland73
3,752 England1,521 Scotland92 Wales869 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,269
Peak month
April
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Orthosia incerta
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,123
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Orthosia
Name with authority
Orthosia incerta Hufnagel, 1766
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1303766 · GBIF 1799135