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Straw Dot

Rivula sericealis

8,320Records since 2000
JunePeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr4
May413
Jun2,343
Jul2,014
Aug2,324
Sep565
Oct92
Nov24
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England1,244
2West Berkshire England916
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland456
4Worcestershire England428
5Argyll and Bute Scotland381
6Norfolk England194
7Cambridgeshire England157
8Surrey England141
9Kent England124
10Suffolk England119
11Sefton England102
12Highland Scotland87
13North Yorkshire England74
14Telford and Wrekin England73
15Bracknell Forest England73
6,738 England1,029 Scotland151 Wales364 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,320
Peak month
June
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Rivula sericealis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,040
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Rivula
Name with authority
Rivula sericealis (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1040656 · GBIF 1769897