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Xanthorhoe fluctuata

8,898Records since 2000

JunePeak month

98Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0

Feb1

Mar3

Apr185

May1,512

Jun1,999

Jul1,146

Aug1,694

Sep1,797

Oct206

Nov13

Dec2

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Oxfordshire	England	944
2	West Berkshire	England	786
3	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	341
4	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	257
5	Worcestershire	England	252
6	Highland	Scotland	192
7	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	189
8	Sefton	England	182
9	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	146
10	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	130
11	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	96
12	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	76
13	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig	Northern Ireland	70
14	Telford and Wrekin	England	69
15	Bracknell Forest	England	67

6,792 England909 Scotland128 Wales1,044 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 8,898
Peak month: June
Counties with records: 98
Scientific name: Xanthorhoe fluctuata
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 7,325
Most recorded in: Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Worcestershire, Highland, Argyll and Bute, Sefton, Mid and East Antrim, Causeway Coast and Glens, Ards and North Down, Newry, Mourne and Down +8
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Xanthorhoe
Name with authority: Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 28