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Plain Golden Y

Autographa jota

1,144Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May5
Jun260
Jul592
Aug142
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England126
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland114
3Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland99
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland50
5Oxfordshire England49
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland47
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland45
8West Berkshire England38
9Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland37
10Highland Scotland23
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland18
12Gwynedd Wales17
13Argyll and Bute Scotland12
14Isle of Anglesey Wales12
15Midlothian Scotland12
558 England86 Scotland54 Wales436 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,144
Peak month
July
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Autographa jota
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,020
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Autographa
Name with authority
Autographa jota (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q794284 · GBIF 1792426