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Lime-speck Pug

Eupithecia centaureata

2,890Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr7
May186
Jun328
Jul886
Aug1,152
Sep217
Oct4
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England597
2West Berkshire England264
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland260
4Suffolk England93
5Cambridgeshire England77
6Worcestershire England64
7Kent England55
8Essex England38
9Norfolk England37
10Surrey England36
11Bracknell Forest England28
12Devon England20
13Cornwall England15
14Telford and Wrekin England15
15Isle of Anglesey Wales14
2,538 England278 Scotland38 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,890
Peak month
August
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Eupithecia centaureata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,533
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eupithecia
Name with authority
Eupithecia centaureata (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q116755 · GBIF 1983525