When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May3
Jun90
Jul1,247
Aug829
Sep29
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 337 | |
| 2 | West Berkshire | England | 191 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 166 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 157 | |
| 5 | Essex | England | 62 | |
| 6 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | Northern Ireland | 56 | |
| 7 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 46 | |
| 8 | Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 46 | |
| 9 | Rutland | England | 43 | |
| 10 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 43 | |
| 11 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 40 | |
| 12 | Lisburn and Castlereagh | Northern Ireland | 31 | |
| 13 | Kent | England | 28 | |
| 14 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 28 | |
| 15 | Suffolk | England | 25 |
1,687 England349 Scotland71 Wales307 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,423
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 92
- Scientific name
- Scotopteryx chenopodiata
- Group
- Butterflies and moths
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,901
- Most recorded in
- Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Worcestershire, Highland, Essex, Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Scotopteryx
- Name with authority
- Scotopteryx chenopodiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 33
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q900675 · GBIF 1957816