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Lackey

Malacosoma neustria

980Records since 2000
JunePeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr12
May197
Jun350
Jul319
Aug74
Sep4
Oct9
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England115
2Suffolk England56
3Kent England47
4Devon England45
5Pembrokeshire Wales45
6Cornwall England37
7Isle of Anglesey Wales33
8Essex England31
9West Berkshire England31
10Cambridgeshire England28
11Gwynedd Wales26
12Swansea Wales21
13Somerset England20
14Dorset England16
15Surrey England12
793 England175 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
980
Peak month
June
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Malacosoma neustria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
656
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, Suffolk
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lasiocampidae
Genus
Malacosoma
Name with authority
Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q30685 · GBIF 5101745