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Flame Carpet

Xanthorhoe designata

5,167Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr141
May1,035
Jun863
Jul772
Aug1,545
Sep420
Oct3
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland911
2Argyll and Bute Scotland796
3Highland Scotland327
4Worcestershire England299
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland253
6West Berkshire England195
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland191
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland158
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland144
10Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland113
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland99
12Oxfordshire England89
13Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland82
14Telford and Wrekin England78
15Sefton England72
1,670 England2,213 Scotland86 Wales1,192 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,167
Peak month
August
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Xanthorhoe designata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,581
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Xanthorhoe
Name with authority
Xanthorhoe designata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1309756 · GBIF 1986575