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Least Carpet

Idaea rusticata

4,668Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun531
Jul3,146
Aug824
Sep91
Oct47
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England800
2West Berkshire England466
3Norfolk England104
4Surrey England90
5Essex England84
6Bracknell Forest England83
7Cambridgeshire England62
8Suffolk England61
9Kent England45
10Thurrock England23
11Rutland England14
12Southend-on-Sea England5
13Northamptonshire England3
14Dorset England2
15Bath and North East Somerset England2
4,658 England

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
4,668
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Idaea rusticata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,917
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Idaea
Name with authority
Idaea rusticata (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q143144 · GBIF 5147478