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Little emerald

Jodis lactearia

210Records since 2000
JunePeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May38
Jun62
Jul38
Aug13
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England52
2Argyll and Bute Scotland26
3Kent England13
4Devon England12
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland9
6Bracknell Forest England8
7Gloucestershire England7
8Stirling Scotland4
9Telford and Wrekin England4
10Surrey England2
11North Yorkshire England2
12Somerset England2
13Cumbria England2
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland2
15Cambridgeshire England1
163 England31 Scotland2 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
210
Peak month
June
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Jodis lactearia
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
194
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Jodis
Name with authority
Jodis lactearia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2476086 · GBIF 1978065