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Setaceous Hebrew Character

Xestia c-nigrum

12,973Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May894
Jun1,988
Jul787
Aug4,124
Sep3,812
Oct864
Nov57
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England2,816
2West Berkshire England1,658
3Norfolk England380
4Worcestershire England359
5Suffolk England250
6Essex England203
7Cambridgeshire England202
8Sefton England137
9North Yorkshire England133
10Kent England118
11Telford and Wrekin England109
12Surrey England107
13Rutland England98
14Bracknell Forest England78
15Warrington England74
12,621 England92 Scotland120 Wales102 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,973
Peak month
August
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Xestia c-nigrum
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,998
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Xestia
Name with authority
Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2094340 · GBIF 5714973