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Cotton bollworm

Helicoverpa armigera

205Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul13
Aug53
Sep66
Oct48
Nov9
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England43
2Suffolk England11
3Cornwall England11
4West Berkshire England11
5Devon England8
6Kent England5
7Worcestershire England5
8Dorset England4
9Norfolk England3
10Argyll and Bute Scotland3
11Bracknell Forest England3
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
13Sheffield England2
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
15Cambridgeshire England1
183 England5 Scotland2 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
205
Peak month
September
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Helicoverpa armigera
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
143
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Helicoverpa
Name with authority
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)
Described
1808

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q811652 · GBIF 8108800