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Pale Pinion

Lithophane socia

565Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb3
Mar145
Apr200
May64
Jun24
Jul2
Aug5
Sep8
Oct39
Nov14
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland78
2Oxfordshire England52
3Worcestershire England44
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland44
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland24
6West Berkshire England23
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland18
8Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland17
9Suffolk England16
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland16
11Telford and Wrekin England13
12Ards and North Down Northern Ireland10
13Highland Scotland8
14Herefordshire, County of England6
15Isle of Anglesey Wales6
322 England89 Scotland11 Wales138 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
565
Peak month
April
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Lithophane socia
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
500
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute, Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Lithophane
Name with authority
Lithophane socia Hufnagel, 1766
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1377425 · GBIF 1759667