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August Thorn

Ennomos quercinaria

903Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun32
Jul294
Aug313
Sep155
Oct40
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England91
2West Berkshire England91
3Worcestershire England48
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland40
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland36
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland33
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland28
8Cornwall England25
9Kent England23
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland21
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland21
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland17
13Telford and Wrekin England12
14Bath and North East Somerset England10
15Surrey England8
656 England9 Scotland22 Wales215 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
903
Peak month
August
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Ennomos quercinaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
813
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, West Berkshire
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Ennomos
Name with authority
Ennomos quercinaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q779434 · GBIF 1957852