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Common Heath

Ematurga atomaria

2,028Records since 2000
MayPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr166
May942
Jun649
Jul77
Aug18
Sep1
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland328
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland217
3Worcestershire England174
4Argyll and Bute Scotland164
5West Berkshire England130
6Isle of Anglesey Wales77
7Bracknell Forest England61
8Denbighshire Wales55
9Oxfordshire England43
10Cheshire East England36
11Kent England34
12Surrey England34
13Perth and Kinross Scotland28
14Cumbria England24
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland23
880 England848 Scotland197 Wales101 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,028
Peak month
May
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Ematurga atomaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,598
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Ematurga
Name with authority
Ematurga atomaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1594285 · GBIF 1956440