When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May7
Jun196
Jul717
Aug48
Sep25
Oct6
Nov4
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 182 | |
| 2 | West Berkshire | England | 122 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 68 | |
| 4 | Worcestershire | England | 60 | |
| 5 | Sefton | England | 60 | |
| 6 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | Northern Ireland | 46 | |
| 7 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 34 | |
| 8 | Norfolk | England | 26 | |
| 9 | Bracknell Forest | England | 23 | |
| 10 | Kent | England | 22 | |
| 11 | Suffolk | England | 15 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 14 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 12 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 9 | |
| 15 | Surrey | England | 8 |
1,014 England7 Scotland34 Wales47 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,111
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 37
- Scientific name
- Melanchra persicariae
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 933
- Most recorded in
- Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Worcestershire, Sefton
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Melanchra
- Name with authority
- Melanchra persicariae Linnaeus, 1761
- Described
- 1761
- Contributing datasets
- 17
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q948932 · GBIF 1765767