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Limnephilus elegans

207Records since 2000
MayPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr12
May108
Jun63
Jul12
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland114
2Highland Scotland13
3Worcestershire England10
4Wrexham Wales8
5Surrey England7
6North Yorkshire England7
7Argyll and Bute Scotland7
8Cumbria England6
9Warrington England3
10Rutland England2
11Pembrokeshire Wales2
12Isle of Anglesey Wales2
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
14East Ayrshire Scotland2
15Cambridgeshire England1
52 England139 Scotland14 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
207
Peak month
May
Counties with records
21
Group
Caddisflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
209
Most recorded in
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Limnephilidae
Genus
Limnephilus
Name with authority
Limnephilus elegans Curtis, 1834
Described
1834

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3469738 · GBIF 1442562