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Light Brown Apple Moth

Epiphyas postvittana

16,070Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan76
Feb100
Mar248
Apr779
May2,448
Jun2,232
Jul1,348
Aug3,177
Sep2,710
Oct1,606
Nov696
Dec189

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England2,557
2Oxfordshire England2,509
3Sefton England738
4Worcestershire England349
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland315
6Bracknell Forest England171
7Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland134
8Telford and Wrekin England126
9Suffolk England121
10Essex England121
11Norfolk England117
12Belfast Northern Ireland111
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland106
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland82
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland82
14,778 England132 Scotland173 Wales949 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
16,070
Peak month
August
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Epiphyas postvittana
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,066
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Epiphyas
Name with authority
Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863)
Described
1863
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3055778 · GBIF 1737131