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Goat Moth

Cossus cossus

154Records since 2000
JunePeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May8
Jun40
Jul24
Aug28
Sep31
Oct5
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland46
2Cambridgeshire England39
3Bracknell Forest England16
4Dorset England5
5Suffolk England1
6Devon England1
7Sefton England1
8Aberdeenshire Scotland1
9Swansea Wales1
10Moray Scotland1
98 England48 Scotland8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
154
Peak month
June
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Cossus cossus
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
125
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Cossidae
Genus
Cossus
Name with authority
Cossus cossus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q278629 · GBIF 5101394