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Brown China-mark

Elophila nymphaeata

1,476Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr2
May26
Jun355
Jul480
Aug328
Sep58
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England206
2Argyll and Bute Scotland202
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland90
4Cambridgeshire England70
5Highland Scotland69
6West Berkshire England57
7City of Edinburgh Scotland41
8Bracknell Forest England31
9Suffolk England28
10Kent England25
11Oxfordshire England25
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland24
13Norfolk England21
14Isle of Anglesey Wales19
15Surrey England17
859 England454 Scotland62 Wales100 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,476
Peak month
July
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Elophila nymphaeata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,242
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Elophila
Name with authority
Elophila nymphaeata Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q668279 · GBIF 5884851