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Chimney Sweeper

Odezia atrata

2,975Records since 2000
JunePeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May138
Jun1,686
Jul1,034
Aug14
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland513
2Cumbria England358
3Argyll and Bute Scotland163
4Worcestershire England79
5North Yorkshire England75
6Fife Scotland47
7Scottish Borders Scotland45
8Clackmannanshire Scotland43
9Cheshire East England31
10Glasgow City Scotland29
11Stirling Scotland29
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland23
13Rutland England22
14Perth and Kinross Scotland22
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland19
1,856 England1,049 Scotland40 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,975
Peak month
June
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Odezia atrata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,726
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Odezia
Name with authority
Odezia atrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q937010 · GBIF 1984734