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Magpie [moth]

Abraxas grossulariata

3,398Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb4
Mar7
Apr32
May82
Jun606
Jul1,575
Aug810
Sep55
Oct5
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland873
2Highland Scotland473
3Worcestershire England176
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland129
5Oxfordshire England122
6Aberdeen City Scotland111
7Argyll and Bute Scotland75
8Devon England64
9West Berkshire England45
10Cornwall England42
11Dorset England40
12Pembrokeshire Wales34
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland34
14Cambridgeshire England33
15Isle of Anglesey Wales33
1,226 England1,721 Scotland113 Wales330 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,398
Peak month
July
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Abraxas grossulariata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,948
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Abraxas
Name with authority
Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163996 · GBIF 1967873