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Mother of Pearl

Patania ruralis

5,854Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May9
Jun268
Jul2,635
Aug2,534
Sep209
Oct9
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England1,019
2West Berkshire England819
3Worcestershire England160
4Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland130
5Sefton England129
6Norfolk England117
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland71
8Bracknell Forest England67
9Suffolk England65
10Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland57
11Essex England49
12Ards and North Down Northern Ireland48
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland47
14Argyll and Bute Scotland46
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland43
5,238 England104 Scotland29 Wales477 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,854
Peak month
July
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Patania ruralis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,927
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Patania
Name with authority
Patania ruralis (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q135466299 · GBIF 9674732