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Muslin Moth

Diaphora mendica

2,508Records since 2000
MayPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar10
Apr811
May1,307
Jun89
Jul23
Aug5
Sep1
Oct1
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England561
2Worcestershire England219
3West Berkshire England183
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland68
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland62
6Norfolk England45
7Telford and Wrekin England38
8Cambridgeshire England35
9Surrey England33
10Cornwall England30
11North Yorkshire England26
12Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland26
13Essex England22
14Suffolk England21
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland21
2,230 England3 Scotland40 Wales201 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,508
Peak month
May
Counties with records
60
Scientific name
Diaphora mendica
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,027
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Diaphora
Name with authority
Diaphora mendica (Clerck, 1759)
Described
1759
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1543716 · GBIF 6097214