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Dingy Dowd

Blastobasis adustella

6,293Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar1
Apr3
May23
Jun110
Jul1,995
Aug3,096
Sep556
Oct64
Nov22
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England1,555
2Oxfordshire England758
3Worcestershire England332
4Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland236
5Suffolk England128
6Cheshire East England101
7Argyll and Bute Scotland85
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland83
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland81
10Telford and Wrekin England81
11Sefton England78
12Norfolk England74
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland65
14Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland62
15Bracknell Forest England56
5,270 England237 Scotland33 Wales615 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,293
Peak month
August
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Blastobasis adustella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,444
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Blastobasidae
Genus
Blastobasis
Name with authority
Blastobasis adustella Walsingham, 1894
Described
1894
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4246266 · GBIF 1852831