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Mullein [moth]

Cucullia verbasci

854Records since 2000
JunePeak month
52Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr83
May210
Jun460
Jul53
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England99
2Worcestershire England42
3West Berkshire England22
4Somerset England20
5Cambridgeshire England16
6Surrey England16
7Cornwall England16
8Devon England16
9Brighton and Hove England16
10Sefton England14
11Kent England13
12Norfolk England12
13Suffolk England10
14Bath and North East Somerset England10
15Essex England9
818 England35 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
854
Peak month
June
Counties with records
52
Scientific name
Cucullia verbasci
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
452
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Cucullia
Name with authority
Cucullia verbasci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q50404971 · GBIF 5109661