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Selenia dentaria

4,182Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb5
Mar422
Apr791
May418
Jun156
Jul1,404
Aug497
Sep42
Oct2
Nov11
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England506
2Worcestershire England350
3Oxfordshire England323
4Argyll and Bute Scotland229
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland166
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland122
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland111
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland88
9Kent England81
10Highland Scotland78
11Cornwall England75
12Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland73
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland69
14Suffolk England59
15Devon England59
2,873 England374 Scotland146 Wales751 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,182
Peak month
July
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Selenia dentaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,660
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Selenia
Name with authority
Selenia dentaria (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2717031 · GBIF 1962204