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March Moth

Alsophila aescularia

1,753Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb288
Mar1,055
Apr216
May8
Jun15
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England305
2Worcestershire England132
3Oxfordshire England117
4Argyll and Bute Scotland88
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland68
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland50
7Bracknell Forest England47
8Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland45
9Surrey England44
10Highland Scotland40
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland33
12Norfolk England31
13Telford and Wrekin England31
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland24
15Suffolk England19
1,291 England168 Scotland25 Wales261 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,753
Peak month
March
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Alsophila aescularia
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,546
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Alsophila
Name with authority
Alsophila aescularia (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1314950 · GBIF 5143947