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Delicate

Mythimna vitellina

327Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun31
Jul33
Aug38
Sep103
Oct103
Nov17
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England83
2Suffolk England45
3Norfolk England34
4West Berkshire England28
5Essex England13
6Kent England7
7Cornwall England6
8Devon England6
9Dorset England5
10Bath and North East Somerset England3
11Bracknell Forest England3
12Somerset England2
13Cambridgeshire England1
14Rutland England1
15Pembrokeshire Wales1
323 England2 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
327
Peak month
September
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Mythimna vitellina
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
197
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Mythimna
Name with authority
Mythimna vitellina Hübner, 1808
Described
1808

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1314764 · GBIF 5772206