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Straw Underwing

Thalpophila matura

3,349Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr2
May1
Jun3
Jul296
Aug2,667
Sep318
Oct1
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England639
2West Berkshire England144
3Suffolk England88
4Essex England78
5Bracknell Forest England70
6Kent England46
7Worcestershire England40
8Surrey England30
9Cambridgeshire England26
10East Riding of Yorkshire England25
11Rutland England20
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland20
13Nottingham England19
14Norfolk England18
15Argyll and Bute Scotland16
3,273 England22 Scotland5 Wales39 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
3,349
Peak month
August
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Thalpophila matura
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,865
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Thalpophila
Name with authority
Thalpophila matura (Hufnagel, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q914233 · GBIF 5110213