– click for Adult Macro Verification Guidelines
– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant 
– Migrant
– easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.Forewing: M 20-24mm. F 31-35mm
Gypsy Moth - 1st August 2025 - Littleover - Adrian Watson
Distribution Map for Lymantria dispar
↳ 1 from After 2025
↳ 1 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 2 from Before 2020
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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.
Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.
NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Lymantria dispar
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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however,
the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.
Monthly Records By Year:
Lymantria dispar
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year: Lymantria dispar
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Lymantria dispar
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]
Shading shows moth presence between dates
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Recordings By Year: Lymantria dispar
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Lymantria dispar
AGR: 0% | Total % Change: 0%
CUSUM Analysis: Lymantria dispar
Counts for the current year (2025) are pro-rated based on data available up to month 7 (July) to provide a full-year equivalent.
What the Y-axis "Cumulative Deviation" means: Cumulative Deviation shows the running total of how each year’s moth population count differs from the long-term average. i
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Lymantria dispar
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Lymantria dispar
Lymantria dispar
( data includes Adult Stage only )
Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Lymantria dispar – 4 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Taxon | Site Name | Tetrad | Year | Date | Count | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lymantria dispar | Littleover, Derby | SK33G | 2025 | 01/08/2025 | 1 | adult | vc57_irecords_extract |
| Lymantria dispar | Bemrose | SK33R | 2024 | 18/08/2024 | 1 | adult | vc57_irecords_extract |
| Lymantria dispar | Highland Rd, New Whittington, Chesterfield | SK37X | 2019 | 26/07/2019 | 1 | adult | Danes_2019-2021 |
| Lymantria dispar | Trowell (Mbridge), Ilkeston (site not precise) | SK43Z | 1974 | 07/05/1974 | 1 | Larvae | vc57_danes_bc_data |