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Cocksfoot Moth

Glyphipterix simpliciella

1,576Records since 2000
MayPeak month
79Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb5
Mar2
Apr20
May1,110
Jun246
Jul11
Aug0
Sep4
Oct6
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England381
2Worcestershire England149
3Aberdeenshire Scotland139
4Oxfordshire England124
5Cambridgeshire England62
6Dorset England55
7West Berkshire England52
8Lincolnshire England37
9Highland Scotland22
10Doncaster England19
11Cheshire East England15
12Telford and Wrekin England15
13Fife Scotland13
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland13
15Somerset England11
961 England170 Scotland22 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 79 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,576
Peak month
May
Counties with records
79
Scientific name
Glyphipterix simpliciella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
969
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Glyphipterigidae
Genus
Glyphipterix
Name with authority
Glyphipterix simpliciella (Stephens, 1834)
Described
1834
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1880985 · GBIF 1829776