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Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet

Xanthorhoe ferrugata

1,520Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr45
May427
Jun122
Jul328
Aug492
Sep21
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland520
2Argyll and Bute Scotland428
3Cambridgeshire England54
4Worcestershire England45
5Cornwall England44
6Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland35
7Isle of Anglesey Wales30
8Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland29
9Telford and Wrekin England20
10Suffolk England17
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland16
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland16
13Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland14
14Highland Scotland12
15Norfolk England11
341 England980 Scotland62 Wales134 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,520
Peak month
August
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Xanthorhoe ferrugata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,339
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Xanthorhoe
Name with authority
Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Clerck, 1759)
Described
1759
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1266098 · GBIF 1986171