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December Moth

Poecilocampa populi

1,667Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb1
Mar1
Apr3
May4
Jun0
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct121
Nov987
Dec404

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England235
2Oxfordshire England150
3Argyll and Bute Scotland119
4Worcestershire England109
5Highland Scotland76
6Bracknell Forest England44
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland32
8Surrey England24
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland24
10Suffolk England17
11South Ayrshire Scotland17
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland17
13Sefton England15
14Telford and Wrekin England15
15Rutland England14
1,322 England224 Scotland19 Wales102 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,667
Peak month
November
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Poecilocampa populi
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,516
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lasiocampidae
Genus
Poecilocampa
Name with authority
Poecilocampa populi 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 Q1303063 · GBIF 1732063