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Common Carpet

Epirrhoe alternata

7,681Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
104Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr72
May969
Jun1,204
Jul1,918
Aug2,599
Sep255
Oct4
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England836
2West Berkshire England675
3Argyll and Bute Scotland640
4Worcestershire England507
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland340
6Highland Scotland246
7Cambridgeshire England168
8Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland163
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland133
10Suffolk England118
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland106
12Sefton England104
13Telford and Wrekin England89
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland87
15Norfolk England84
5,183 England1,495 Scotland174 Wales805 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,681
Peak month
August
Counties with records
104
Scientific name
Epirrhoe alternata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,604
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Epirrhoe
Name with authority
Epirrhoe alternata (Müller, 1764)
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1543684 · GBIF 8361848