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Diamond-backed Moth

Plutella xylostella

4,928Records since 2000
JunePeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb4
Mar24
Apr73
May467
Jun1,404
Jul1,276
Aug714
Sep308
Oct195
Nov119
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England777
2West Berkshire England658
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland324
4Worcestershire England234
5Sefton England156
6Suffolk England150
7Argyll and Bute Scotland101
8Norfolk England95
9Cambridgeshire England67
10Surrey England61
11Telford and Wrekin England59
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland58
13Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland57
14Highland Scotland50
15Devon England38
4,002 England558 Scotland63 Wales217 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,928
Peak month
June
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Plutella xylostella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,116
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Plutellidae
Genus
Plutella
Name with authority
Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1050343 · GBIF 1831136