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Mother of Pearl

Pleuroptya ruralis

1,206Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May20
Jun58
Jul292
Aug326
Sep41
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England345
2Argyll and Bute Scotland121
3Telford and Wrekin England87
4Suffolk England71
5Cambridgeshire England69
6Surrey England55
7Kent England30
8Norfolk England25
9Highland Scotland25
10Pembrokeshire Wales16
11East Lothian Scotland15
12Essex England12
13Devon England11
14Somerset England11
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
958 England183 Scotland41 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,206
Peak month
August
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Pleuroptya ruralis
Group
Butterflies and moths
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Pleuroptya
Name with authority
Pleuroptya ruralis Scopoli, 1763
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q603109 · GBIF 1879252