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Donacaula forficella

293Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May7
Jun72
Jul134
Aug52
Sep11
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England50
2Oxfordshire England31
3West Berkshire England19
4Kent England18
5Somerset England13
6Worcestershire England11
7Suffolk England9
8Norfolk England8
9Rutland England4
10Isle of Anglesey Wales3
11Essex England2
12Gwynedd Wales2
13Carmarthenshire Wales2
14Dorset England1
15Doncaster England1
279 England1 Scotland7 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
293
Peak month
July
Counties with records
24
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
267
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Donacaula
Name with authority
Donacaula forficella (Thunberg, 1794)
Described
1794

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1367791 · GBIF 4531708