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Large ear

Amphipoea lucens

270Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May0
Jun0
Jul25
Aug142
Sep87
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland169
2Highland Scotland28
3Argyll and Bute Scotland28
4Worcestershire England8
5Cumbria England5
6Perth and Kinross Scotland5
7Somerset England3
8City of Edinburgh Scotland3
9Moray Scotland3
10Ceredigion Wales2
11Stirling Scotland2
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland2
13North Yorkshire England1
14East Lothian Scotland1
15Fife Scotland1
22 England237 Scotland3 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
270
Peak month
August
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Amphipoea lucens
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
262
Most recorded in
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Amphipoea
Name with authority
Amphipoea lucens Freyer, 1845
Described
1845

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2409933 · GBIF 1771429