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Caloptilia rufipennella

254Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb6
Mar4
Apr8
May0
Jun15
Jul64
Aug34
Sep21
Oct17
Nov5
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England65
2Oxfordshire England25
3Sefton England15
4West Berkshire England9
5Highland Scotland7
6Telford and Wrekin England7
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland6
8Cambridgeshire England4
9Norfolk England4
10Kent England4
11Halton England3
12Liverpool England3
13Argyll and Bute Scotland2
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
15Plymouth England2
222 England13 Scotland2 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
254
Peak month
July
Counties with records
27
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
207
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gracillariidae
Genus
Caloptilia
Name with authority
Caloptilia rufipennella (Hübner, 1796)
Described
1796

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q402524 · GBIF 5104781