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Nettle Pouch Gall Midge

Dasineura urticae

1,247Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
85Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May28
Jun162
Jul266
Aug188
Sep308
Oct198
Nov55
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland114
2Rutland England106
3Highland Scotland89
4Cheshire East England68
5Sefton England62
6Worcestershire England43
7Aberdeen City Scotland42
8Somerset England32
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland19
10Surrey England17
11Halton England17
12Kent England16
13City of Edinburgh Scotland16
14Devon England15
15St. Helens England15
828 England358 Scotland25 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,247
Peak month
September
Counties with records
85
Scientific name
Dasineura urticae
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
546
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Cecidomyiidae
Genus
Dasineura
Name with authority
Dasineura urticae (Perris, 1840)
Described
1840
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5226778 · GBIF 1595217