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
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 207 | |
| 2 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 182 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 114 | |
| 4 | West Berkshire | England | 82 | |
| 5 | Worcestershire | England | 68 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 44 | |
| 7 | Cornwall | England | 37 | |
| 8 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 36 | |
| 9 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 30 | |
| 10 | Cambridgeshire | England | 24 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 24 | |
| 12 | Norfolk | England | 19 | |
| 13 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 14 | |
| 14 | Dorset | England | 12 | |
| 15 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 12 |
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
- Most recorded in
- Oxfordshire, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Suffolk, West Berkshire, Worcestershire
- 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