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Northern Winter Moth

Operophtera fagata

678Records since 2000
MayPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar3
Apr1
May352
Jun146
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct9
Nov102
Dec36

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland323
2Perth and Kinross Scotland195
3Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland30
4Worcestershire England15
5Argyll and Bute Scotland11
6North Yorkshire England8
7Surrey England7
8Oxfordshire England6
9Wakefield England6
10Mid Ulster Northern Ireland6
11West Berkshire England4
12South Ayrshire Scotland3
13Kent England2
14Carmarthenshire Wales2
15Stirling Scotland2
104 England536 Scotland2 Wales36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
678
Peak month
May
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Operophtera fagata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
183
Most recorded in
Highland, Perth and Kinross
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Operophtera
Name with authority
Operophtera fagata (Scharfenberg, 1805)
Described
1805
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q998128 · GBIF 1972434