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Dark Groundling

Bryotropha affinis

1,080Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May104
Jun152
Jul312
Aug420
Sep42
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England280
2Sefton England156
3Oxfordshire England56
4Worcestershire England36
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland30
6Cheshire East England17
7Suffolk England13
8Telford and Wrekin England9
9Essex England8
10Kent England6
11Belfast Northern Ireland5
12Warrington England4
13Sandwell England4
14East Riding of Yorkshire England3
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
1,022 England9 Scotland5 Wales41 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,080
Peak month
August
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Bryotropha affinis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
798
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gelechiidae
Genus
Bryotropha
Name with authority
Bryotropha affinis (Haworth, 1828)
Described
1828
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2318546 · GBIF 1848714