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Canary-shouldered Thorn

Ennomos alniaria

2,373Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May1
Jun13
Jul402
Aug1,037
Sep564
Oct57
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England350
2Worcestershire England242
3West Berkshire England235
4Argyll and Bute Scotland122
5Highland Scotland74
6North Yorkshire England66
7Cambridgeshire England52
8Suffolk England36
9Bracknell Forest England36
10Kent England35
11Surrey England34
12Telford and Wrekin England31
13Norfolk England23
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland23
15Isle of Anglesey Wales18
1,945 England251 Scotland66 Wales104 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,373
Peak month
August
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Ennomos alniaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,014
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Ennomos
Name with authority
Ennomos alniaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2490209 · GBIF 1957845