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Esperia sulphurella

806Records since 2000
MayPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar5
Apr268
May382
Jun51
Jul2
Aug2
Sep1
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England78
2Oxfordshire England54
3West Berkshire England31
4Kent England14
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland14
6Suffolk England12
7Essex England12
8Telford and Wrekin England11
9Cambridgeshire England10
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
11Devon England9
12Surrey England8
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
14City of Edinburgh Scotland7
15Glasgow City Scotland7
715 England30 Scotland13 Wales44 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
806
Peak month
May
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Esperia sulphurella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
512
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Oecophoridae
Genus
Dafa
Name with authority
Esperia sulphurella (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2687280 · GBIF 5770913