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Plectrocnemia geniculata

749Records since 2000
MayPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb28
Mar36
Apr65
May79
Jun63
Jul66
Aug40
Sep29
Oct68
Nov17
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England67
2Lincolnshire England62
3Cornwall England49
4Powys Wales49
5Devon England46
6Gwynedd Wales38
7Ceredigion Wales31
8Highland Scotland19
9Aberdeenshire Scotland19
10North Yorkshire England17
11Pembrokeshire Wales16
12Worcestershire England12
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland11
14Norfolk England10
15Carmarthenshire Wales10
467 England84 Scotland189 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
749
Peak month
May
Counties with records
59
Group
Caddisflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
746
Most recorded in
Cumbria, Lincolnshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Polycentropodidae
Genus
Plectrocnemia
Name with authority
Plectrocnemia geniculata McLachlan, 1871
Described
1871
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2370167 · GBIF 1438081