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Grey Dagger

Acronicta psi

1,456Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr13
May74
Jun262
Jul410
Aug264
Sep202
Oct71
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England205
2Worcestershire England122
3Highland Scotland80
4Argyll and Bute Scotland80
5Cambridgeshire England51
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland49
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland44
8Suffolk England42
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland34
10Norfolk England33
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland31
12Ards and North Down Northern Ireland28
13Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland21
14West Berkshire England18
15Sefton England17
913 England245 Scotland30 Wales248 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,456
Peak month
July
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Acronicta psi
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,158
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
Acronicta
Name with authority
Acronicta psi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1859583 · GBIF 1782948