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Mouse Moth

Amphipyra tragopoginis

1,878Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun8
Jul200
Aug935
Sep594
Oct11
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England338
2West Berkshire England218
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland149
4Worcestershire England103
5Highland Scotland64
6Sefton England54
7Suffolk England52
8Cambridgeshire England44
9Rutland England21
10Kent England20
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland20
12Argyll and Bute Scotland16
13Midlothian Scotland15
14Norfolk England14
15North Yorkshire England14
1,545 England296 Scotland4 Wales31 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,878
Peak month
August
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Amphipyra tragopoginis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,640
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Amphipyra
Name with authority
Amphipyra tragopoginis (Clerck, 1759)
Described
1759
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1258034 · GBIF 1766210