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Leafminer

Gracillaria syringella

1,163Records since 2000
MayPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar5
Apr69
May212
Jun109
Jul108
Aug175
Sep126
Oct79
Nov14
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England231
2West Berkshire England113
3Argyll and Bute Scotland90
4Highland Scotland81
5Oxfordshire England72
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland51
7Telford and Wrekin England29
8Sefton England23
9Aberdeen City Scotland19
10Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland18
11Cheshire East England16
12Gloucestershire England15
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
14Surrey England9
15Devon England9
809 England271 Scotland10 Wales60 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,163
Peak month
May
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Gracillaria syringella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
970
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gracillariidae
Genus
Gracillaria
Name with authority
Gracillaria syringella (Fabricius, 1794)
Described
1794
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163702 · GBIF 1749713