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Small Square-spot

Diarsia rubi

6,140Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May1,039
Jun1,448
Jul946
Aug1,615
Sep767
Oct31
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland813
2Oxfordshire England773
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland485
4West Berkshire England482
5Highland Scotland282
6Worcestershire England222
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland182
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland174
9Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland152
10Ards and North Down Northern Ireland139
11Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland107
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland90
13Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland90
14Norfolk England80
15Cornwall England76
3,294 England1,659 Scotland127 Wales1,032 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,140
Peak month
August
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Diarsia rubi
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,272
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
Diarsia
Name with authority
Diarsia rubi (Vieweg, 1790)
Described
1790
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q44966 · GBIF 4533446