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Grey Shoulder-Knot

Lithophane ornitopus

531Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb29
Mar107
Apr49
May11
Jun3
Jul2
Aug0
Sep10
Oct151
Nov54
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England74
2Oxfordshire England69
3West Berkshire England56
4Suffolk England17
5Surrey England16
6Telford and Wrekin England12
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
8Bracknell Forest England8
9Cambridgeshire England7
10Norfolk England6
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland6
12Kent England5
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland5
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland5
15Devon England4
487 England7 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
531
Peak month
October
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Lithophane ornitopus
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
412
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Lithophane
Name with authority
Lithophane ornitopus Hufnagel, 1766
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2576290 · GBIF 1759668