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Knot Grass [moth]

Acronicta rumicis

4,052Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
85Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr109
May597
Jun890
Jul898
Aug871
Sep359
Oct153
Nov12
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland488
2Oxfordshire England332
3Argyll and Bute Scotland300
4Highland Scotland179
5Worcestershire England141
6West Berkshire England134
7Kent England70
8Cornwall England53
9Surrey England52
10Devon England51
11Cambridgeshire England48
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland48
13Bracknell Forest England45
14Suffolk England38
15Norfolk England33
2,713 England1,044 Scotland128 Wales153 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,052
Peak month
July
Counties with records
85
Scientific name
Acronicta rumicis
Also known as
knot grass
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,920
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 rumicis Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q474590 · GBIF 1782672