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Six-striped Rustic

Xestia sexstrigata

2,178Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May0
Jun14
Jul476
Aug1,405
Sep106
Oct0
Nov7
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland268
2Oxfordshire England253
3West Berkshire England181
4Worcestershire England125
5Highland Scotland116
6Argyll and Bute Scotland92
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland82
8Kent England43
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland42
10Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland32
11Norfolk England27
12North Yorkshire England26
13Telford and Wrekin England22
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland22
15Suffolk England19
1,352 England542 Scotland19 Wales258 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,178
Peak month
August
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Xestia sexstrigata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,932
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Xestia
Name with authority
Xestia sexstrigata Haworth, 1809
Described
1809
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1585883 · GBIF 5112155