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Nettle-tap

Anthophila fabriciana

4,367Records since 2000
JunePeak month
106Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr118
May675
Jun1,132
Jul295
Aug312
Sep526
Oct180
Nov8
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England964
2West Berkshire England227
3Oxfordshire England143
4Telford and Wrekin England141
5Argyll and Bute Scotland99
6Highland Scotland96
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland89
8Cheshire East England67
9Essex England66
10Aberdeen City Scotland62
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland60
12Devon England41
13Suffolk England37
14Cumbria England37
15York England37
3,485 England546 Scotland113 Wales186 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,367
Peak month
June
Counties with records
106
Scientific name
Anthophila fabriciana
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,769
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Choreutidae
Genus
Anthophila
Name with authority
Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2250651 · GBIF 5123461