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Cinnamon Sedge

Limnephilus lunatus

18,706Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan81
Feb126
Mar1,065
Apr1,432
May2,011
Jun1,358
Jul1,306
Aug1,762
Sep2,533
Oct2,203
Nov811
Dec124

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England2,038
2Lincolnshire England992
3Norfolk England922
4Suffolk England612
5Kent England444
6Northamptonshire England430
7Surrey England405
8Essex England369
9East Riding of Yorkshire England358
10Gloucestershire England354
11North Yorkshire England345
12Cumbria England330
13Oxfordshire England320
14Rutland England284
15Argyll and Bute Scotland212
17,019 England836 Scotland758 Wales26 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 115 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
18,706
Peak month
September
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Limnephilus lunatus
Group
Caddisflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
18,244
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Limnephilidae
Genus
Limnephilus
Name with authority
Limnephilus lunatus Curtis, 1834
Described
1834
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2209374 · GBIF 1442474