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Meadow Grey

Scoparia pyralella

920Records since 2000
JunePeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May73
Jun448
Jul213
Aug74
Sep21
Oct0
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England208
2West Berkshire England170
3Worcestershire England65
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland30
5Kent England25
6Gloucestershire England17
7Rutland England17
8Perth and Kinross Scotland14
9Highland Scotland12
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland12
11Cambridgeshire England11
12Dorset England10
13Bracknell Forest England10
14Surrey England9
15Conwy Wales6
819 England48 Scotland15 Wales38 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
920
Peak month
June
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Scoparia pyralella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
929
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Scoparia
Name with authority
Scoparia pyralella (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8325294