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Winter Moth

Operophtera brumata

3,872Records since 2000
MayPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan211
Feb30
Mar3
Apr53
May1,154
Jun747
Jul2
Aug2
Sep3
Oct18
Nov441
Dec1,043

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Perth and Kinross Scotland1,162
2Highland Scotland669
3West Berkshire England188
4Oxfordshire England167
5Argyll and Bute Scotland116
6Worcestershire England104
7Surrey England78
8Fife Scotland65
9City of Edinburgh Scotland44
10Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland36
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland26
12Bracknell Forest England25
13Sefton England21
14Isle of Anglesey Wales20
15Aberdeenshire Scotland19
1,534 England2,130 Scotland32 Wales98 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,872
Peak month
May
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Operophtera brumata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,599
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Operophtera
Name with authority
Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q164002 · GBIF 1972449