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Dark Spectacle

Abrostola triplasia

958Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
46Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr8
May79
Jun193
Jul359
Aug164
Sep84
Oct12
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland78
2Oxfordshire England71
3Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland62
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland60
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland54
6Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland41
7Worcestershire England38
8Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland32
9Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland26
10Norfolk England25
11West Berkshire England25
12Cambridgeshire England23
13Cornwall England20
14Surrey England18
15Devon England18
482 England21 Scotland49 Wales391 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
958
Peak month
July
Counties with records
46
Scientific name
Abrostola triplasia
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
872
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Abrostola
Name with authority
Abrostola triplasia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q386922 · GBIF 1767597