When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr10
May175
Jun768
Jul665
Aug157
Sep18
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 464 | |
| 2 | West Berkshire | England | 214 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 130 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 90 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 70 | |
| 6 | Norfolk | England | 64 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 45 | |
| 8 | Sefton | England | 26 | |
| 9 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 22 | |
| 10 | Bracknell Forest | England | 20 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 12 | |
| 12 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | Northern Ireland | 12 | |
| 13 | Highland | Scotland | 11 | |
| 14 | Essex | England | 11 | |
| 15 | Devon | England | 8 |
1,869 England12 Scotland14 Wales45 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,951
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 47
- Scientific name
- Acronicta megacephala
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- Most recorded in
- Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Worcestershire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Acronicta
- Name with authority
- Acronicta megacephala (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
- Described
- 1775
- Contributing datasets
- 21
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q617688 · GBIF 1782777