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Small Wainscot

Denticucullus pygmina

2,507Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May6
Jun18
Jul295
Aug1,058
Sep867
Oct201
Nov10
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland792
2Argyll and Bute Scotland558
3Highland Scotland139
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland139
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland87
6Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland76
7Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland55
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland50
9Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland50
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland50
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland47
12Suffolk England41
13West Berkshire England38
14Cambridgeshire England37
15Worcestershire England35
322 England1,540 Scotland57 Wales583 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,507
Peak month
August
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Denticucullus pygmina
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,398
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Denticucullus
Name with authority
Denticucullus pygmina Haworth, 1809
Described
1809
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1812477 · GBIF 4534408