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Axylia putris

5,379Records since 2000
JunePeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May213
Jun2,452
Jul2,149
Aug124
Sep41
Oct7
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland722
2Oxfordshire England713
3West Berkshire England687
4Worcestershire England320
5Cambridgeshire England151
6Suffolk England117
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland117
8Norfolk England112
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland88
10Sefton England80
11Telford and Wrekin England69
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland69
13Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland65
14Bracknell Forest England58
15Kent England51
3,979 England797 Scotland114 Wales454 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,379
Peak month
June
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Axylia putris
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,352
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Axylia
Name with authority
Axylia putris Linnaeus, 1761
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q301172 · GBIF 1761438