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Variegated Golden Tortrix

Archips xylosteana

1,155Records since 2000
JunePeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May37
Jun694
Jul305
Aug54
Sep11
Oct0
Nov7
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England321
2Oxfordshire England113
3Kent England32
4Bracknell Forest England32
5Cambridgeshire England30
6Essex England25
7Worcestershire England21
8Suffolk England18
9Surrey England18
10Norfolk England17
11Telford and Wrekin England11
12Devon England4
13Gloucestershire England4
14Somerset England3
15Warrington England3
1,140 England1 Scotland4 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,155
Peak month
June
Counties with records
29
Scientific name
Archips xylosteana
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,057
Most recorded in
West Berkshire, Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Archips
Name with authority
Archips xylosteana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q135240 · GBIF 1746876