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Silver Y

Autographa gamma

13,462Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
111Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb6
Mar12
Apr75
May1,126
Jun2,239
Jul3,471
Aug2,881
Sep1,789
Oct626
Nov262
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England2,020
2West Berkshire England1,310
3Worcestershire England773
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland426
5Argyll and Bute Scotland364
6Isle of Anglesey Wales235
7Sefton England224
8Suffolk England214
9Essex England213
10Highland Scotland197
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland166
12Cambridgeshire England146
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland139
14Kent England123
15Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland122
10,586 England1,401 Scotland711 Wales722 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 111 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
13,462
Peak month
July
Counties with records
111
Scientific name
Autographa gamma
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,060
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Autographa
Name with authority
Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q839039 · GBIF 1792418