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Lead belle

Scotopteryx mucronata

74Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May23
Jun33
Jul8
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland12
2Highland Scotland11
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
4Worcestershire England7
5Perth and Kinross Scotland4
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland4
7Devon England3
8Isle of Anglesey Wales3
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland3
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland3
11Cornwall England2
12Cumbria England1
13Argyll and Bute Scotland1
14Gwynedd Wales1
15Pembrokeshire Wales1
19 England16 Scotland7 Wales32 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
74
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Scotopteryx mucronata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
57
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Scotopteryx
Name with authority
Scotopteryx mucronata (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2110329 · GBIF 1957632