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Single-dotted Wave

Idaea dimidiata

4,653Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May12
Jun504
Jul2,538
Aug1,138
Sep93
Oct1
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England907
2West Berkshire England421
3Worcestershire England256
4Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland138
5Norfolk England133
6Cambridgeshire England132
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland92
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland89
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland85
10Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland83
11Suffolk England77
12Kent England76
13Telford and Wrekin England75
14Cornwall England62
15Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland56
3,938 England12 Scotland50 Wales631 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,653
Peak month
July
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Idaea dimidiata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,931
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Idaea
Name with authority
Idaea dimidiata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q171366 · GBIF 5146677