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Hoplodrina octogenaria

6,858Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May44
Jun2,209
Jul3,555
Aug518
Sep38
Oct6
Nov8
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England1,242
2West Berkshire England570
3Worcestershire England397
4Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland190
5Suffolk England156
6Cambridgeshire England118
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland116
8Cheshire East England114
9Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland95
10Norfolk England84
11Kent England77
12Surrey England77
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland69
14Sefton England63
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland58
6,123 England54 Scotland44 Wales598 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,858
Peak month
July
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Hoplodrina octogenaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,341
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Hoplodrina
Name with authority
Hoplodrina octogenaria (Goeze, 1781)
Described
1781
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1940434 · GBIF 4534290