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Northern Spinach

Eulithis populata

727Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun55
Jul339
Aug193
Sep50
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland128
2Argyll and Bute Scotland123
3Worcestershire England92
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland65
5Perth and Kinross Scotland47
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland22
7Aberdeenshire Scotland18
8North Yorkshire England16
9Gwynedd Wales16
10Calderdale England15
11Cumbria England13
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland10
14South Ayrshire Scotland8
15Cheshire East England8
215 England427 Scotland32 Wales51 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
727
Peak month
July
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Eulithis populata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
658
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eulithis
Name with authority
Eulithis populata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1309703 · GBIF 1965795