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Tortricid moth

Cochylis atricapitana

1,100Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar1
Apr23
May237
Jun246
Jul239
Aug260
Sep26
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England148
2Suffolk England116
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland77
4Norfolk England76
5Worcestershire England48
6West Berkshire England46
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland19
8Cambridgeshire England18
9Sefton England16
10Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland9
11Telford and Wrekin England8
12Kent England7
13Dorset England7
14Essex England7
15Bracknell Forest England7
949 England92 Scotland7 Wales45 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,100
Peak month
August
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Cochylis atricapitana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Cochylis
Name with authority
Cochylis atricapitana (Stephens, 1852)
Described
1852
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5139468 · GBIF 1741593