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Sallow [moth]

Cirrhia icteritia

1,132Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May2
Jun6
Jul14
Aug225
Sep490
Oct298
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England167
2West Berkshire England127
3Worcestershire England74
4Highland Scotland56
5Suffolk England44
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland42
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland39
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland27
9Cambridgeshire England18
10North Yorkshire England17
11Moray Scotland17
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland16
13Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland15
14Bracknell Forest England13
15Kent England12
870 England134 Scotland1 Wales127 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,132
Peak month
September
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Cirrhia icteritia
Also known as
sallow
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,467
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
Xanthia
Name with authority
Cirrhia icteritia (Hufnagel, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8581601