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Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

Noctua janthe

9,868Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
84Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr14
May9
Jun108
Jul1,801
Aug6,106
Sep1,288
Oct46
Nov5
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England1,569
2Oxfordshire England1,129
3Worcestershire England402
4Argyll and Bute Scotland368
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland315
6Highland Scotland278
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland262
8Sefton England200
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland195
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland176
11Suffolk England123
12Ards and North Down Northern Ireland109
13Bracknell Forest England108
14Kent England103
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland93
7,482 England1,097 Scotland108 Wales1,172 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,868
Peak month
August
Counties with records
84
Scientific name
Noctua janthe
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,794
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Noctua
Name with authority
Noctua janthe Borkhausen, 1792
Described
1792
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q432548 · GBIF 1789785