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Tawny shears

Hadena perplexa

181Records since 2000
JunePeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May46
Jun68
Jul38
Aug13
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England26
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland26
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland24
4Oxfordshire England16
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland13
6Kent England8
7Norfolk England5
8Cornwall England5
9Worcestershire England5
10Cambridgeshire England4
11West Berkshire England4
12Highland Scotland2
13Pembrokeshire Wales2
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
15Surrey England1
75 England2 Scotland5 Wales85 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
181
Peak month
June
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Hadena perplexa
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
72
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Hadena
Name with authority
Hadena perplexa (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1310707 · GBIF 1787610