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Common Rustic

Mesapamea secalis

10,766Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May26
Jun313
Jul4,810
Aug4,712
Sep366
Oct4
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England1,470
2West Berkshire England1,240
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland727
4Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland386
5Worcestershire England378
6Argyll and Bute Scotland361
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland257
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland218
9Highland Scotland195
10Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland159
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland157
12Ards and North Down Northern Ireland147
13Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland106
14Kent England102
15Suffolk England97
7,665 England1,377 Scotland108 Wales1,598 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,766
Peak month
July
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Mesapamea secalis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,785
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Mesapamea
Name with authority
Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3403200 · GBIF 1788425