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Birch Catkin Weevil

Betulapion simile

520Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb3
Mar24
Apr77
May70
Jun61
Jul98
Aug99
Sep39
Oct6
Nov4
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England58
2Somerset England40
3Surrey England33
4Norfolk England27
5Highland Scotland27
6Worcestershire England24
7North Lincolnshire England20
8Cambridgeshire England16
9Kent England15
10Cheshire East England13
11Nottinghamshire England11
12Doncaster England10
13Moray Scotland10
14Suffolk England7
15Essex England6
439 England36 Scotland12 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
520
Peak month
August
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Betulapion simile
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
479
Most recorded in
Lincolnshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Brentidae
Genus
Betulapion
Name with authority
Betulapion simile (Kirby, 1811)
Described
1811
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21251824 · GBIF 4463337