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Red Sword-grass

Xylena vetusta

532Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb8
Mar82
Apr112
May26
Jun9
Jul15
Aug2
Sep27
Oct152
Nov67
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland241
2Highland Scotland100
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland67
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland16
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
6Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland10
7Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland6
8Worcestershire England5
9Stirling Scotland5
10Moray Scotland5
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
12Isle of Anglesey Wales4
13Oxfordshire England3
14Mid Ulster Northern Ireland3
15Devon England2
39 England430 Scotland7 Wales52 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
532
Peak month
October
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Xylena vetusta
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
503
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Xylena
Name with authority
Xylena vetusta Hübner, 1813
Described
1813
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q900748 · GBIF 1790361