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Chalk Carpet

Scotopteryx bipunctaria

306Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun10
Jul153
Aug117
Sep11
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England89
2Dorset England32
3Kent England23
4Cambridgeshire England11
5Surrey England9
6Swansea Wales9
7Conwy Wales7
8Devon England6
9Pembrokeshire Wales4
10Brighton and Hove England4
11Gloucestershire England3
12Somerset England2
13Isle of Wight England2
14Essex England1
15Thurrock England1
264 England42 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
306
Peak month
July
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Scotopteryx bipunctaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
182
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Scotopteryx
Name with authority
Scotopteryx bipunctaria (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q233013 · GBIF 1957718