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Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

5,750Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb91
Mar478
Apr619
May305
Jun632
Jul974
Aug1,149
Sep689
Oct418
Nov149
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England1,179
2West Berkshire England448
3Worcestershire England148
4Sefton England75
5Cambridgeshire England63
6Essex England58
7Telford and Wrekin England42
8Argyll and Bute Scotland41
9Bracknell Forest England39
10Kent England38
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland32
12Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland29
13Suffolk England26
14Norfolk England25
15Surrey England21
5,483 England69 Scotland50 Wales131 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,750
Peak month
August
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Emmelina monodactyla
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,900
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pterophoridae
Genus
Emmelina
Name with authority
Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q140515 · GBIF 1859046