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Micropterix aureatella

210Records since 2000
MayPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May88
Jun87
Jul2
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland47
2Worcestershire England28
3Argyll and Bute Scotland28
4North Yorkshire England27
5East Ayrshire Scotland8
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
7Devon England4
8Moray Scotland4
9Gwynedd Wales3
10Perth and Kinross Scotland3
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland3
13Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland3
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland3
15Mid Ulster Northern Ireland3
65 England90 Scotland6 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
210
Peak month
May
Counties with records
32
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
158
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Micropterigidae
Genus
Micropterix
Name with authority
Micropterix aureatella (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q136185 · GBIF 1939688