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Common White Wave

Cabera pusaria

3,443Records since 2000
JunePeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May302
Jun1,271
Jul1,162
Aug315
Sep25
Oct2
Nov5
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England397
2Argyll and Bute Scotland353
3Worcestershire England260
4Highland Scotland236
5Oxfordshire England154
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland112
7Surrey England88
8Cambridgeshire England79
9Suffolk England71
10Bracknell Forest England71
11Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland69
12Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland68
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland58
14Telford and Wrekin England51
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland51
2,179 England807 Scotland71 Wales372 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,443
Peak month
June
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Cabera pusaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,083
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Cabera
Name with authority
Cabera pusaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1975109 · GBIF 5143697