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Firethorn Leaf Miner

Phyllonorycter leucographella

842Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan31
Feb72
Mar43
Apr24
May26
Jun38
Jul44
Aug95
Sep108
Oct134
Nov33
Dec49

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England122
2Sefton England51
3Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland33
4Oxfordshire England31
5West Berkshire England22
6Telford and Wrekin England21
7Cheshire East England12
8Liverpool England12
9Kingston upon Hull, City of England11
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland9
11Nottinghamshire England7
12York England7
13Suffolk England6
14Surrey England6
15Highland Scotland6
758 England19 Scotland6 Wales52 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
842
Peak month
October
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Phyllonorycter leucographella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
609
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Sefton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gracillariidae
Genus
Phyllonorycter
Name with authority
Phyllonorycter leucographella (Zeller, 1850)
Described
1850
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7189105 · GBIF 1750159