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Ear Moth

Amphipoea oculea

545Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun8
Jul150
Aug256
Sep80
Oct3
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland154
2Worcestershire England32
3Suffolk England26
4Highland Scotland19
5West Berkshire England19
6Kent England15
7Isle of Anglesey Wales13
8Swansea Wales10
9Norfolk England9
10Surrey England9
11Cambridgeshire England8
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
13North Yorkshire England6
14Oxfordshire England5
15Cornwall England5
318 England186 Scotland27 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
545
Peak month
August
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Amphipoea oculea
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
521
Most recorded in
Na h-Eileanan Siar
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
Amphipoea
Name with authority
Amphipoea oculea Linnaeus, 1761
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q768120 · GBIF 1771385