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Purple Thorn

Selenia tetralunaria

1,008Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar9
Apr182
May85
Jun35
Jul312
Aug118
Sep17
Oct2
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England170
2West Berkshire England112
3Oxfordshire England75
4Kent England27
5Norfolk England25
6Telford and Wrekin England21
7Cambridgeshire England17
8Highland Scotland15
9Surrey England13
10Devon England13
11Pembrokeshire Wales13
12North Yorkshire England12
13Suffolk England9
14Isle of Anglesey Wales8
15Essex England7
942 England21 Scotland33 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,008
Peak month
July
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Selenia tetralunaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
905
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Selenia
Name with authority
Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1975104 · GBIF 1962265