When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May30
Jun46
Jul58
Aug21
Sep4
Oct2
Nov7
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 24 | |
| 2 | West Berkshire | England | 19 | |
| 3 | Cornwall | England | 14 | |
| 4 | Surrey | England | 9 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 9 | |
| 6 | Bath and North East Somerset | England | 9 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 7 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 7 | |
| 9 | Worcestershire | England | 7 | |
| 10 | Somerset | England | 7 | |
| 11 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 7 | |
| 12 | Essex | England | 4 | |
| 13 | Swansea | Wales | 4 | |
| 14 | Norfolk | England | 3 | |
| 15 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 3 |
164 England16 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 190
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 26
- Scientific name
- Melanthia procellata
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 139
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Melanthia
- Name with authority
- Melanthia procellata (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
- Described
- 1775
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1593457 · GBIF 1956524