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Gold Spangle

Autographa bractea

640Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May0
Jun24
Jul422
Aug169
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland253
2Highland Scotland124
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland31
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland24
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland24
6Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland23
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland14
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland13
9Worcestershire England10
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland9
11Mid Ulster Northern Ireland8
12West Dunbartonshire Scotland8
13Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland5
14North Yorkshire England4
15Perth and Kinross Scotland4
52 England428 Scotland8 Wales152 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
640
Peak month
July
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Autographa bractea
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
545
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Autographa
Name with authority
Autographa bractea (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q782428 · GBIF 1792414