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Feathered Thorn

Colotois pennaria

2,337Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May37
Jun2
Jul2
Aug8
Sep60
Oct1,112
Nov864
Dec33

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England324
2Oxfordshire England259
3Worcestershire England171
4Argyll and Bute Scotland146
5Highland Scotland109
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland49
7Suffolk England43
8Warrington England40
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland36
10Surrey England35
11Cornwall England30
12Bracknell Forest England29
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland28
14Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland25
15Telford and Wrekin England22
1,801 England314 Scotland26 Wales191 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,337
Peak month
October
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Colotois pennaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,993
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Colotois
Name with authority
Colotois pennaria (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q949497 · GBIF 1968867