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Green-brindled Crescent

Allophyes oxyacanthae

2,094Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr18
May19
Jun6
Jul2
Aug4
Sep331
Oct1,450
Nov77
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England341
2West Berkshire England250
3Argyll and Bute Scotland160
4Worcestershire England154
5Highland Scotland119
6Suffolk England51
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland37
8Norfolk England36
9Rutland England25
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland25
11North Yorkshire England19
12East Riding of Yorkshire England17
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland16
14Telford and Wrekin England16
15Cambridgeshire England14
1,597 England335 Scotland17 Wales139 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,094
Peak month
October
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Allophyes oxyacanthae
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,777
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
Noctuidae
Genus
Allophyes
Name with authority
Allophyes oxyacanthae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1309383 · GBIF 4534719