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Dark spinach

Pelurga comitata

87Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun2
Jul45
Aug37
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England10
2Suffolk England7
3Cambridgeshire England6
4Kent England6
5Thurrock England6
6Oxfordshire England5
7Sefton England4
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
9Essex England3
10Doncaster England2
11Isle of Anglesey Wales2
12Surrey England1
13Highland Scotland1
14Lincolnshire England1
15Somerset England1
75 England8 Scotland3 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
87
Peak month
July
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Pelurga comitata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
75
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
Pelurga
Name with authority
Pelurga comitata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1478532 · GBIF 5148286