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Where does the Angle Shades live?

Phlogophora meticulosa has 417,900 records in 58 countries and territories, from 1821 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

Angle Shades
Angle Shades — Photo via Wikimedia Commons · Attribution
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraNoctuidaePhlogophora

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United Kingdom 258,539
Netherlands 48,516
Denmark 31,904
Switzerland 24,740
Germany 12,843
Austria 7,132
Sweden 6,535
France 6,000
Norway 4,650
Finland 3,974
Spain 2,157
Guernsey 1,606
Italy 1,473
Portugal 1,370
Isle of Man 1,049
Hungary 671
Luxembourg 572
Belgium 529
Romania 428
Poland 327
Estonia 317
Lithuania 295
Ireland 284
Serbia 275
Åland Islands 266
Czechia 243
Jersey 190
Ukraine 157
Iceland 135
Russia 116
Slovakia 105
Bulgaria 71
Georgia 70
Liechtenstein 63
Croatia 59
Greece 53
Türkiye 30
Slovenia 27
Albania 25
Andorra 20

Showing the top 40 of 58 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.