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Diloba caeruleocephala

233Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May9
Jun7
Jul1
Aug3
Sep12
Oct130
Nov3
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England58
2West Berkshire England21
3Oxfordshire England12
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
5Surrey England6
6Suffolk England5
7Thurrock England4
8Cheshire East England3
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland3
10Dorset England2
11Nottinghamshire England2
12Cambridgeshire England1
13East Riding of Yorkshire England1
14Essex England1
15Isle of Wight England1
222 England11 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
233
Peak month
October
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Diloba caeruleocephala
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
210
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
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
Diloba
Name with authority
Diloba caeruleocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163998 · GBIF 1777253