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Orange moth

Angerona prunaria

174Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May3
Jun83
Jul68
Aug8
Sep2
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England55
2Surrey England15
3Worcestershire England9
4Devon England8
5Essex England7
6Somerset England5
7Monmouthshire Wales5
8Cambridgeshire England4
9Dorset England4
10Oxfordshire England3
11Suffolk England2
12Gloucestershire England2
160 England11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
174
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Angerona prunaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
161
Most recorded in
Kent
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Angerona
Name with authority
Angerona prunaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2005543 · GBIF 1965913