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Grey Gorse Piercer

Cydia ulicetana

512Records since 2000
MayPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr29
May152
Jun84
Jul55
Aug65
Sep30
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England200
2Worcestershire England86
3West Berkshire England22
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland16
5Argyll and Bute Scotland13
6Oxfordshire England10
7Devon England10
8Surrey England9
9Dorset England8
10Bracknell Forest England8
11Swansea Wales6
12Highland Scotland5
13Telford and Wrekin England5
14Cheshire East England4
15Kent England3
452 England26 Scotland11 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
512
Peak month
May
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Cydia ulicetana
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
495
Most recorded in
Suffolk, Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Cydia
Name with authority
Cydia ulicetana (Haworth, 1811)
Described
1811
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5199150 · GBIF 1737796