Ghost Moth

Hepialus humuli

1,212Records since 2000

JunePeak month

80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0

Feb1

Mar0

Apr1

May27

Jun575

Jul369

Aug44

Sep3

Oct0

Nov3

Dec0

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Worcestershire	England	144
2	Cambridgeshire	England	95
3	West Berkshire	England	90
4	Oxfordshire	England	75
5	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	75
6	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	49
7	Highland	Scotland	47
8	Telford and Wrekin	England	30
9	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	22
10	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	18
11	Norfolk	England	17
12	Kent	England	16
13	Devon	England	12
14	East Lothian	Scotland	10
15	Surrey	England	9

850 England247 Scotland36 Wales72 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 1,212
Peak month: June
Counties with records: 80
Scientific name: Hepialus humuli
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 1,005
Most recorded in: Worcestershire, Cambridgeshire, West Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Na h-Eileanan Siar
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: Hepialidae
Genus: Hepialus
Name with authority: Hepialus humuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 30