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White Plume Moth

Pterophorus pentadactyla

929Records since 2000
JunePeak month
64Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar5
Apr0
May19
Jun394
Jul375
Aug40
Sep5
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England173
2West Berkshire England94
3Cambridgeshire England57
4Worcestershire England56
5Telford and Wrekin England29
6Suffolk England12
7Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland11
8Rutland England9
9Argyll and Bute Scotland9
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland9
11Norfolk England8
12Dorset England8
13Somerset England8
14Pembrokeshire Wales8
15Essex England7
829 England24 Scotland31 Wales39 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
929
Peak month
June
Counties with records
64
Scientific name
Pterophorus pentadactyla
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
728
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pterophoridae
Genus
Pterophorus
Name with authority
Pterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q311096 · GBIF 5123221