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Pale eggar

Trichiura crataegi

311Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun10
Jul8
Aug143
Sep81
Oct4
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland57
2Worcestershire England56
3Highland Scotland34
4Cambridgeshire England16
5Lincolnshire England14
6Oxfordshire England11
7Perth and Kinross Scotland10
8Scottish Borders Scotland6
9Kent England4
10Devon England3
11Stirling Scotland3
12Gloucestershire England2
13Rutland England2
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland2
15Norfolk England1
193 England110 Scotland1 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
311
Peak month
August
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Trichiura crataegi
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
301
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lasiocampidae
Genus
Trichiura
Name with authority
Trichiura crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q261033 · GBIF 1732452