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Dusky Thorn

Ennomos fuscantaria

3,919Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun14
Jul588
Aug1,846
Sep1,190
Oct15
Nov5
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England704
2Oxfordshire England614
3Worcestershire England202
4Kent England63
5Sefton England58
6Norfolk England50
7North Yorkshire England41
8Essex England39
9Telford and Wrekin England38
10Bracknell Forest England35
11Suffolk England27
12Surrey England23
13Devon England22
14East Riding of Yorkshire England13
15Rutland England13
3,880 England33 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,919
Peak month
August
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Ennomos fuscantaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,375
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Ennomos
Name with authority
Ennomos fuscantaria (Haworth, 1809)
Described
1809
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q616123 · GBIF 4524421