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Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer

Agriphila geniculea

4,026Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May0
Jun3
Jul39
Aug2,425
Sep1,318
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England874
2Oxfordshire England663
3Worcestershire England171
4Suffolk England138
5Essex England99
6Sefton England59
7Telford and Wrekin England58
8Bracknell Forest England43
9Cambridgeshire England33
10Norfolk England29
11Cornwall England25
12Nottingham England24
13Rutland England21
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland21
15Surrey England12
3,967 England25 Scotland22 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,026
Peak month
August
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Agriphila geniculea
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,369
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Agriphila
Name with authority
Agriphila geniculea (Haworth, 1811)
Described
1811
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1884587 · GBIF 4531506