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Beech Leafminer

Phyllonorycter maestingella

698Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar3
Apr6
May11
Jun26
Jul54
Aug51
Sep83
Oct159
Nov102
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England169
2Sefton England55
3Argyll and Bute Scotland30
4Cheshire East England21
5Oxfordshire England19
6West Berkshire England18
7Gloucestershire England13
8Norfolk England12
9Kent England12
10Highland Scotland12
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland10
12Somerset England9
13Halton England8
14Surrey England7
15North Yorkshire England7
603 England52 Scotland12 Wales26 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
698
Peak month
October
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Phyllonorycter maestingella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
520
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Sefton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gracillariidae
Genus
Phyllonorycter
Name with authority
Phyllonorycter maestingella (Müller, 1764)
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q998329 · GBIF 1749929