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Pale Tussock

Calliteara pudibunda

3,962Records since 2000
MayPeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr146
May1,868
Jun1,016
Jul61
Aug94
Sep174
Oct219
Nov10
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England693
2West Berkshire England567
3Worcestershire England323
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland85
5Bracknell Forest England79
6Norfolk England68
7Cambridgeshire England57
8Surrey England55
9Telford and Wrekin England55
10Devon England54
11Cornwall England41
12Kent England40
13North Yorkshire England38
14Rutland England35
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland29
3,626 England1 Scotland129 Wales192 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,962
Peak month
May
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Calliteara pudibunda
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,158
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Calliteara
Name with authority
Calliteara pudibunda Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q45508 · GBIF 1819145