When it is recorded
Jan19
Feb37
Mar178
Apr519
May546
Jun232
Jul676
Aug383
Sep183
Oct110
Nov58
Dec31
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Berkshire | England | 931 | |
| 2 | Oxfordshire | England | 202 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 193 | |
| 4 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 167 | |
| 5 | Sefton | England | 70 | |
| 6 | Highland | Scotland | 53 | |
| 7 | Cornwall | England | 48 | |
| 8 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 36 | |
| 9 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 36 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 29 | |
| 11 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | Northern Ireland | 23 | |
| 12 | Cambridgeshire | England | 21 | |
| 13 | Norfolk | England | 20 | |
| 14 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 20 | |
| 15 | Dorset | England | 19 |
2,711 England276 Scotland51 Wales147 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,193
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 87
- Scientific name
- Alucita hexadactyla
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,548
- Most recorded in
- West Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Argyll and Bute, Sefton, Highland
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Alucitidae
- Genus
- Alucita
- Name with authority
- Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 22
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163695 · GBIF 1992504