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Common Thorn Midget

Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae

662Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar17
Apr19
May3
Jun12
Jul33
Aug65
Sep59
Oct166
Nov68
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England193
2West Berkshire England26
3Suffolk England22
4Oxfordshire England20
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland17
6Cambridgeshire England14
7Kent England13
8North Lincolnshire England13
9Rutland England12
10Cheshire East England10
11Liverpool England10
12Highland Scotland9
13Telford and Wrekin England9
14Norfolk England8
15Carmarthenshire Wales8
566 England15 Scotland12 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
662
Peak month
October
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
561
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gracillariidae
Genus
Phyllonorycter
Name with authority
Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae (Frey, 1855)
Described
1855
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7189184 · GBIF 1750106