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Grey Pine Carpet

Thera obeliscata

3,374Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar8
Apr109
May579
Jun645
Jul302
Aug238
Sep559
Oct653
Nov137
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England502
2Argyll and Bute Scotland359
3Bracknell Forest England320
4Highland Scotland235
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland209
6Oxfordshire England115
7Suffolk England103
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland92
9Worcestershire England85
10Surrey England75
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland50
12Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland49
13Norfolk England42
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland37
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland30
2,146 England881 Scotland21 Wales325 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,374
Peak month
October
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Thera obeliscata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,192
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Thera
Name with authority
Thera obeliscata (Hübner)
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q232363 · GBIF 5148487