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Straw-barred Pearl

Pyrausta despicata

591Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr22
May36
Jun80
Jul205
Aug193
Sep34
Oct2
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England103
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland79
3Argyll and Bute Scotland56
4Oxfordshire England26
5West Berkshire England21
6Devon England18
7Pembrokeshire Wales18
8Worcestershire England15
9Kent England14
10Isle of Anglesey Wales14
11Essex England12
12Swansea Wales11
13Dorset England9
14Gloucestershire England8
15Cambridgeshire England7
372 England150 Scotland58 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
591
Peak month
July
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Pyrausta despicata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
404
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Pyrausta
Name with authority
Pyrausta despicata Scopoli, 1763
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1523517 · GBIF 1890576