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Grey mountain carpet

Entephria caesiata

332Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun23
Jul169
Aug130
Sep7
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland159
2Perth and Kinross Scotland57
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland27
4Conwy Wales21
5Aberdeenshire Scotland11
6Belfast Northern Ireland9
7Stirling Scotland8
8Argyll and Bute Scotland7
9North Yorkshire England5
10Gwynedd Wales4
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
12Scottish Borders Scotland4
13Denbighshire Wales4
14Moray Scotland3
15Cumbria England2
7 England281 Scotland30 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
332
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Entephria caesiata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
239
Most recorded in
Highland, Perth and Kinross
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Entephria
Name with authority
Entephria caesiata (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1309445 · GBIF 5149499