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Red Twin-spot Carpet

Xanthorhoe spadicearia

1,904Records since 2000
MayPeak month
50Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr75
May567
Jun134
Jul456
Aug469
Sep34
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England469
2West Berkshire England179
3Worcestershire England129
4Norfolk England57
5Kent England49
6Highland Scotland48
7Suffolk England39
8Surrey England35
9Cambridgeshire England34
10Argyll and Bute Scotland33
11Devon England30
12Dorset England18
13Cornwall England15
14Somerset England14
15Thurrock England14
1,739 England110 Scotland36 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,904
Peak month
May
Counties with records
50
Scientific name
Xanthorhoe spadicearia
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,692
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Xanthorhoe
Name with authority
Xanthorhoe spadicearia (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1305950 · GBIF 1986166