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Mottled Umber

Erannis defoliaria

2,471Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan138
Feb5
Mar2
Apr46
May332
Jun93
Jul2
Aug2
Sep17
Oct203
Nov577
Dec860

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England355
2West Berkshire England226
3Worcestershire England175
4Highland Scotland153
5Oxfordshire England136
6Argyll and Bute Scotland114
7Perth and Kinross Scotland95
8Sefton England57
9Surrey England54
10Kent England46
11Suffolk England26
12Rutland England25
13Telford and Wrekin England22
14Bracknell Forest England22
15Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland21
1,927 England421 Scotland23 Wales91 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,471
Peak month
December
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Erannis defoliaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,808
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Erannis
Name with authority
Erannis defoliaria (Clerck, 1759)
Described
1759
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1440936 · GBIF 1956599