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Leaf beetle

Longitarsus luridus

1,679Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan159
Feb42
Mar28
Apr25
May74
Jun92
Jul131
Aug239
Sep164
Oct114
Nov353
Dec192

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England106
2Surrey England36
3Norfolk England33
4Dorset England24
5Pembrokeshire Wales24
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland23
7Somerset England22
8Oxfordshire England20
9Highland Scotland20
10North Yorkshire England20
11Doncaster England20
12Cambridgeshire England17
13Carmarthenshire Wales17
14Aberdeenshire Scotland15
15Powys Wales14
974 England54 Scotland78 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,679
Peak month
November
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Longitarsus luridus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,107
Most recorded in
Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Longitarsus
Name with authority
Longitarsus luridus (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1633750 · GBIF 4990801