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The shark

Cucullia umbratica

436Records since 2000
JunePeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May34
Jun191
Jul152
Aug20
Sep3
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland93
2Oxfordshire England68
3Worcestershire England26
4Argyll and Bute Scotland19
5West Berkshire England19
6Highland Scotland17
7Cambridgeshire England10
8Suffolk England10
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
10Devon England7
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland4
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland4
15Lincolnshire England3
255 England133 Scotland10 Wales35 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
436
Peak month
June
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Cucullia umbratica
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
411
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Cucullia
Name with authority
Cucullia umbratica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q611479 · GBIF 5109523