Rosy Rustic

Hydraecia micacea

4,443Records since 2000

AugustPeak month

77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr1

May0

Jun3

Jul309

Aug2,008

Sep1,597

Oct271

Nov7

Dec0

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	687
2	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	623
3	Oxfordshire	England	420
4	Highland	Scotland	324
5	Worcestershire	England	214
6	West Berkshire	England	199
7	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	153
8	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	97
9	Suffolk	England	80
10	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	75
11	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	73
12	North Yorkshire	England	70
13	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	62
14	Norfolk	England	57
15	Kent	England	57

1,925 England1,806 Scotland80 Wales627 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 4,443
Peak month: August
Counties with records: 77
Scientific name: Hydraecia micacea
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 3,753
Most recorded in: Argyll and Bute, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Oxfordshire, Highland, Worcestershire, West Berkshire, Causeway Coast and Glens, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Suffolk, Mid and East Antrim, Ards and North Down, North Yorkshire +5
Conservation designations: Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Hydraecia
Name with authority: Hydraecia micacea Esper, 1789
Described: 1789
Contributing datasets: 31