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Common Crimson-and-gold Moth

Pyrausta purpuralis

1,002Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr17
May74
Jun124
Jul318
Aug334
Sep39
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England151
2West Berkshire England126
3Worcestershire England78
4Argyll and Bute Scotland60
5Swansea Wales22
6Essex England15
7Rutland England14
8Highland Scotland12
9Bracknell Forest England12
10Kent England11
11Surrey England11
12Pembrokeshire Wales11
13Cambridgeshire England10
14North Yorkshire England10
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland9
820 England90 Scotland78 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,002
Peak month
August
Counties with records
55
Scientific name
Pyrausta purpuralis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
834
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Pyrausta
Name with authority
Pyrausta purpuralis Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q594465 · GBIF 1890772