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Coxcomb Prominent

Ptilodon capucina

2,165Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr54
May252
Jun453
Jul778
Aug336
Sep59
Oct14
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland296
2Highland Scotland186
3Worcestershire England173
4West Berkshire England171
5Oxfordshire England82
6Cambridgeshire England70
7Kent England67
8Suffolk England63
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland45
10Surrey England38
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland38
12Norfolk England37
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland33
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland32
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland32
1,290 England598 Scotland52 Wales220 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,165
Peak month
July
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Ptilodon capucina
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,978
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Notodontidae
Genus
Ptilodon
Name with authority
Ptilodon capucina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q659174 · GBIF 1828162