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Elachista canapennella

426Records since 2000
MayPeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr40
May103
Jun69
Jul87
Aug49
Sep25
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland75
2Worcestershire England42
3Oxfordshire England38
4Devon England32
5Carmarthenshire Wales30
6Suffolk England15
7City of Edinburgh Scotland14
8Highland Scotland13
9Perth and Kinross Scotland12
10Aberdeenshire Scotland10
11West Berkshire England7
12Kent England6
13Surrey England5
14Dorset England5
15Cambridgeshire England4
206 England110 Scotland16 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
426
Peak month
May
Counties with records
29
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
337
Most recorded in
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Elachistidae
Genus
Elachista
Name with authority
Elachista canapennella (Hübner, 1813)
Described
1813

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2157283 · GBIF 5880258