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Lunar Underwing

Anchoscelis lunosa

4,465Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May0
Jun2
Jul12
Aug16
Sep2,717
Oct1,408
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England853
2Oxfordshire England800
3Worcestershire England250
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland66
5Suffolk England58
6Rutland England54
7Surrey England49
8Bracknell Forest England40
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland24
10Telford and Wrekin England23
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland22
12Argyll and Bute Scotland21
13Kent England12
14Isle of Anglesey Wales10
15Pembrokeshire Wales9
4,287 England98 Scotland23 Wales57 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,465
Peak month
September
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Anchoscelis lunosa
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,482
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Agrochola
Name with authority
Anchoscelis lunosa (Haworth, 1809)
Described
1809
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q58474445 · GBIF 9510363