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Knapweed plant bug

Oncotylus viridiflavus

912Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
52Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun54
Jul524
Aug253
Sep22
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England60
2Worcestershire England55
3Cambridgeshire England50
4Norfolk England50
5Gloucestershire England39
6Essex England36
7Oxfordshire England23
8Suffolk England17
9Lincolnshire England14
10Northamptonshire England14
11North Yorkshire England13
12Rutland England13
13Surrey England12
14Telford and Wrekin England12
15Cornwall England11
864 England39 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
912
Peak month
July
Counties with records
52
Scientific name
Oncotylus viridiflavus
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Miridae
Genus
Oncotylus
Name with authority
Oncotylus viridiflavus (Goeze, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10717107 · GBIF 5152732