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Purple Clay

Diarsia brunnea

1,810Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr3
May10
Jun430
Jul983
Aug223
Sep22
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland414
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland394
3Highland Scotland149
4Worcestershire England105
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland71
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland66
7West Berkshire England55
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland43
9Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland42
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland35
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland23
12Norfolk England22
13Oxfordshire England16
14Telford and Wrekin England16
15Devon England14
438 England1,012 Scotland29 Wales324 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,810
Peak month
July
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Diarsia brunnea
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,634
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Diarsia
Name with authority
Diarsia brunnea (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q900713 · GBIF 4533431