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Sprawler

Asteroscopus sphinx

512Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May7
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct107
Nov325
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England116
2Oxfordshire England91
3Worcestershire England59
4Rutland England27
5Suffolk England6
6Essex England6
7Telford and Wrekin England5
8Surrey England4
9Cambridgeshire England3
10Kent England3
11Norfolk England1
12Somerset England1
13Bath and North East Somerset England1
14Bracknell Forest England1
510 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
512
Peak month
November
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Asteroscopus sphinx
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
494
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Asteroscopus
Name with authority
Asteroscopus sphinx Hufnagel, 1766
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1127101 · GBIF 1766274