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Copper Underwing

Amphipyra pyramidea

2,433Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May43
Jun27
Jul255
Aug1,074
Sep614
Oct50
Nov7
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England307
2Worcestershire England298
3West Berkshire England104
4Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland58
5Kent England52
6Telford and Wrekin England47
7Cambridgeshire England35
8Surrey England35
9Norfolk England29
10Sefton England28
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland24
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland22
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland20
14Isle of Anglesey Wales19
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland19
2,144 England44 Scotland52 Wales178 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,433
Peak month
August
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Amphipyra pyramidea
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,003
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Amphipyra
Name with authority
Amphipyra pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q735875 · GBIF 1766137