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Flame Shoulder

Ochropleura plecta

12,865Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
90Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar3
Apr219
May2,029
Jun3,195
Jul2,509
Aug3,481
Sep590
Oct15
Nov28
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England1,631
2West Berkshire England1,603
3Argyll and Bute Scotland729
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland714
5Worcestershire England667
6Norfolk England289
7Sefton England257
8Highland Scotland215
9Suffolk England206
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland195
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland192
12Cambridgeshire England188
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland168
14Kent England146
15North Yorkshire England125
9,606 England1,782 Scotland356 Wales1,059 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,865
Peak month
August
Counties with records
90
Scientific name
Ochropleura plecta
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,107
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Ochropleura
Name with authority
Ochropleura plecta Linnaeus, 1761
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1603074 · GBIF 1770477