Early Grey

Xylocampa areola

4,715Records since 2000

AprilPeak month

77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2

Feb53

Mar1,554

Apr2,445

May406

Jun7

Jul0

Aug0

Sep0

Oct0

Nov0

Dec0

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Oxfordshire	England	715
2	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	475
3	West Berkshire	England	475
4	Worcestershire	England	183
5	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	104
6	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	96
7	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	85
8	Highland	Scotland	83
9	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	81
10	Suffolk	England	71
11	Bracknell Forest	England	66
12	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	61
13	Telford and Wrekin	England	46
14	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	45
15	Cornwall	England	44

3,378 England705 Scotland73 Wales508 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 4,715
Peak month: April
Counties with records: 77
Scientific name: Xylocampa areola
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 3,907
Most recorded in: Oxfordshire, Argyll and Bute, West Berkshire, Worcestershire, Newry, Mourne and Down, Causeway Coast and Glens, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Highland, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Suffolk, Bracknell Forest, Ards and North Down
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xylocampa
Name with authority: Xylocampa areola Esper, 1789
Described: 1789
Contributing datasets: 26