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Carcina quercana

2,616Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May31
Jun201
Jul978
Aug770
Sep200
Oct130
Nov16
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England419
2West Berkshire England383
3Worcestershire England242
4Sefton England73
5Norfolk England60
6Bracknell Forest England45
7Kent England43
8Suffolk England37
9Telford and Wrekin England37
10Cambridgeshire England28
11Surrey England26
12Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland23
13Devon England22
14Dorset England13
15Somerset England13
2,519 England14 Scotland12 Wales53 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,616
Peak month
July
Counties with records
60
Scientific name
Carcina quercana
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,244
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Peleopodidae
Genus
Carcina
Name with authority
Carcina quercana Fabricius, 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1402290 · GBIF 1841261