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Poplar Hawk-moth

Laothoe populi

7,723Records since 2000
JunePeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr44
May1,415
Jun2,347
Jul2,344
Aug963
Sep66
Oct7
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England1,040
2Argyll and Bute Scotland658
3West Berkshire England641
4Worcestershire England455
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland385
6Highland Scotland218
7Cambridgeshire England211
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland142
9Suffolk England132
10Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland123
11Kent England116
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland113
13Norfolk England106
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland101
15North Yorkshire England93
5,311 England1,442 Scotland162 Wales785 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,723
Peak month
June
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Laothoe populi
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,656
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Laothoe
Name with authority
Laothoe populi Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q782434 · GBIF 5124007