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Scorched Carpet

Ligdia adustata

966Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr108
May173
Jun163
Jul245
Aug171
Sep7
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England207
2West Berkshire England155
3Worcestershire England62
4Surrey England42
5Norfolk England27
6Devon England24
7Suffolk England19
8Cambridgeshire England18
9Dorset England14
10Essex England14
11Somerset England9
12Kent England8
13Cornwall England8
14Rutland England8
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
945 England2 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
966
Peak month
July
Counties with records
29
Scientific name
Ligdia adustata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
832
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Ligdia
Name with authority
Ligdia adustata (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1768563 · GBIF 1962636