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Square-spot Rustic

Xestia xanthographa

12,981Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
102Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb4
Mar9
Apr5
May23
Jun84
Jul406
Aug5,329
Sep6,285
Oct415
Nov2
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England1,469
2Oxfordshire England1,462
3Argyll and Bute Scotland676
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland648
5Worcestershire England309
6Highland Scotland292
7Suffolk England264
8Sefton England259
9Norfolk England221
10Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland162
11North Yorkshire England145
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland131
13East Riding of Yorkshire England122
14Bracknell Forest England113
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland109
10,214 England1,782 Scotland157 Wales787 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,981
Peak month
September
Counties with records
102
Scientific name
Xestia xanthographa
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,173
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Xestia
Name with authority
Xestia xanthographa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2597763 · GBIF 5112283