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Mint Moth

Pyrausta aurata

4,877Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar0
Apr107
May769
Jun668
Jul1,152
Aug1,780
Sep201
Oct8
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England849
2Oxfordshire England521
3Rutland England156
4Worcestershire England155
5Essex England63
6Cambridgeshire England55
7Surrey England42
8Suffolk England41
9Somerset England39
10Norfolk England36
11Bracknell Forest England36
12Devon England35
13Kent England33
14Sefton England33
15Nottingham England33
4,807 England3 Scotland60 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,877
Peak month
August
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Pyrausta aurata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,263
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Pyrausta
Name with authority
Pyrausta aurata Scopoli
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1477041 · GBIF 1890534