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Apamea lithoxylaea

2,024Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May5
Jun588
Jul1,130
Aug177
Sep7
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland254
2Oxfordshire England200
3West Berkshire England152
4Cambridgeshire England110
5Worcestershire England81
6Highland Scotland68
7Suffolk England59
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland58
9Argyll and Bute Scotland55
10Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland37
11Kent England36
12Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland26
13Norfolk England24
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland21
15Telford and Wrekin England19
1,382 England424 Scotland24 Wales185 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,024
Peak month
July
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Apamea lithoxylaea
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,888
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Apamea
Name with authority
Apamea lithoxylaea (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1316357 · GBIF 4534486