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Dark umber

Philereme transversata

409Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun68
Jul282
Aug41
Sep3
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England109
2Oxfordshire England73
3West Berkshire England42
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
5Surrey England5
6Rutland England5
7Essex England4
8Norfolk England3
9Kent England3
10Dorset England2
11Worcestershire England2
12Bristol, City of England2
13Lincolnshire England1
14Cumbria England1
15Swansea Wales1
398 England2 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
409
Peak month
July
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Philereme transversata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
360
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Philereme
Name with authority
Philereme transversata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Described
1767

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1377644 · GBIF 1959395