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Mottled Thistle Fly

Xyphosia miliaria

689Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May8
Jun238
Jul264
Aug74
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England76
2Highland Scotland74
3Norfolk England47
4City of Edinburgh Scotland31
5Cambridgeshire England25
6Gwynedd Wales23
7East Lothian Scotland22
8Isle of Anglesey Wales19
9Perth and Kinross Scotland16
10Argyll and Bute Scotland14
11Ceredigion Wales14
12Stirling Scotland14
13Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland14
14Dorset England10
15Devon England10
336 England223 Scotland93 Wales27 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
689
Peak month
July
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Xyphosia miliaria
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
528
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Xyphosia
Name with authority
Xyphosia miliaria (Schrank, 1781)
Described
1781
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2598561 · GBIF 1622979