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Lesser Yellow Underwing

Noctua comes

11,818Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar7
Apr34
May45
Jun301
Jul1,967
Aug3,354
Sep4,418
Oct1,142
Nov113
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England1,590
2West Berkshire England1,073
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland523
4Argyll and Bute Scotland407
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland354
6Worcestershire England333
7Highland Scotland256
8Sefton England254
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland187
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland172
11Suffolk England170
12Cheshire East England147
13Cambridgeshire England144
14Bracknell Forest England99
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland92
9,115 England1,405 Scotland120 Wales1,154 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,818
Peak month
September
Counties with records
95
Scientific name
Noctua comes
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,312
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Noctua
Name with authority
Noctua comes Hübner
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q693618 · GBIF 1789730