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Alder leaf beetle

Agelastica alni

10,095Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan51
Feb64
Mar241
Apr2,731
May2,503
Jun1,314
Jul756
Aug831
Sep905
Oct435
Nov77
Dec35

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England847
2York England422
3Cheshire East England419
4Worcestershire England279
5St. Helens England253
6Halton England249
7Stockport England238
8Warrington England235
9North Yorkshire England230
10Somerset England199
11Liverpool England195
12Surrey England182
13East Riding of Yorkshire England158
14Nottinghamshire England154
15Dorset England144
9,863 England1 Scotland224 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,095
Peak month
April
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Agelastica alni
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,121
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Agelastica
Name with authority
Agelastica alni (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q882629 · GBIF 1047936