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Square-spotted Clay

Xestia triangulum

5,521Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr5
May14
Jun1,400
Jul3,312
Aug344
Sep24
Oct0
Nov8
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England603
2Oxfordshire England530
3Argyll and Bute Scotland358
4Worcestershire England318
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland237
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland172
7Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland161
8Highland Scotland155
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland149
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland128
11Cambridgeshire England120
12Norfolk England99
13Suffolk England97
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland97
15Sefton England90
3,579 England689 Scotland109 Wales1,116 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,521
Peak month
July
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Xestia triangulum
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,502
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Xestia
Name with authority
Xestia triangulum Hufnagel, 1766
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2097524 · GBIF 5772351