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Purple-bordered gold

Idaea muricata

85Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun18
Jul45
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England18
2Cumbria England16
3Dorset England6
4Bracknell Forest England6
5Wrexham Wales4
6Cambridgeshire England3
7Surrey England3
8Doncaster England2
9Suffolk England1
10Devon England1
11Cheshire East England1
12Ceredigion Wales1
76 England7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
85
Peak month
July
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Idaea muricata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
77
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Idaea
Name with authority
Idaea muricata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Described
1767

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1303053 · GBIF 5147062