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Four-spotted footman

Lithosia quadra

358Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May6
Jun58
Jul139
Aug108
Sep34
Oct11
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England127
2Oxfordshire England16
3Devon England16
4West Berkshire England16
5Dorset England15
6Bath and North East Somerset England10
7Pembrokeshire Wales9
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland5
10Plymouth England5
11Essex England4
12Argyll and Bute Scotland4
13Cambridgeshire England3
14Norfolk England3
15Kent England3
316 England4 Scotland16 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
358
Peak month
July
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Lithosia quadra
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
144
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Lithosia
Name with authority
Lithosia quadra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q217779 · GBIF 5115771