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Dark Sword-grass

Agrotis ipsilon

1,433Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb7
Mar9
Apr85
May124
Jun118
Jul197
Aug351
Sep249
Oct163
Nov47
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England207
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland182
3Suffolk England114
4West Berkshire England82
5Worcestershire England68
6Kent England44
7Cornwall England37
8Argyll and Bute Scotland36
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland30
10Cambridgeshire England24
11Devon England24
12Norfolk England19
13Isle of Anglesey Wales14
14Dorset England12
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland12
1,032 England245 Scotland45 Wales98 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,433
Peak month
August
Counties with records
60
Scientific name
Agrotis ipsilon
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,225
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Agrotis
Name with authority
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1093329 · GBIF 1771245