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Green Carpet

Colostygia pectinataria

7,759Records since 2000
MayPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar2
Apr71
May1,928
Jun1,883
Jul969
Aug1,209
Sep999
Oct25
Nov14
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England935
2West Berkshire England809
3Argyll and Bute Scotland521
4Worcestershire England516
5Highland Scotland376
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland248
7Telford and Wrekin England200
8Norfolk England180
9Cambridgeshire England147
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland143
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland104
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland90
13Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland85
14Suffolk England78
15Surrey England76
5,580 England1,325 Scotland159 Wales661 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,759
Peak month
May
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Colostygia pectinataria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,635
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Colostygia
Name with authority
Colostygia pectinataria (Knoch, 1781)
Described
1781
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1306018 · GBIF 1988593