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Pale Brindled Beauty

Phigalia pilosaria

1,448Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan232
Feb723
Mar172
Apr26
May92
Jun52
Jul0
Aug2
Sep0
Oct1
Nov8
Dec46

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland169
2West Berkshire England134
3Argyll and Bute Scotland96
4Oxfordshire England88
5Worcestershire England71
6Bracknell Forest England47
7Perth and Kinross Scotland32
8Surrey England29
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland25
10Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland25
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland24
12Rutland England21
13Essex England15
14South Ayrshire Scotland15
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland14
981 England348 Scotland2 Wales112 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,448
Peak month
February
Counties with records
55
Scientific name
Phigalia pilosaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,205
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Phigalia
Name with authority
Phigalia pilosaria (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q46032 · GBIF 4524740