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Beautiful carpet

Mesoleuca albicillata

303Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May5
Jun74
Jul152
Aug26
Sep8
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland39
2Highland Scotland30
3Worcestershire England27
4Argyll and Bute Scotland27
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland22
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
7Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland11
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland10
9Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland9
10West Berkshire England8
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland7
12Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland7
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
14Cornwall England4
15Stirling Scotland4
93 England85 Scotland6 Wales117 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
303
Peak month
July
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Mesoleuca albicillata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
279
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Mesoleuca
Name with authority
Mesoleuca albicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q580041 · GBIF 5144190