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Blue-bordered Carpet

Plemyria rubiginata

590Records since 2000
JunePeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar0
Apr1
May6
Jun244
Jul199
Aug79
Sep2
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England85
2West Berkshire England51
3Worcestershire England40
4Moray Scotland30
5Cambridgeshire England20
6Argyll and Bute Scotland17
7Perth and Kinross Scotland17
8Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland13
9Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland13
10Suffolk England12
11Highland Scotland11
12Essex England11
13Telford and Wrekin England8
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
15Surrey England6
440 England83 Scotland7 Wales56 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
590
Peak month
June
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Plemyria rubiginata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
459
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, West Berkshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Plemyria
Name with authority
Plemyria rubiginata (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1310660 · GBIF 5146412