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Small yellow wave

Hydrelia flammeolaria

386Records since 2000
JunePeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May9
Jun149
Jul128
Aug11
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England53
2West Berkshire England50
3Norfolk England28
4Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland19
5Oxfordshire England18
6Telford and Wrekin England17
7Somerset England12
8Cambridgeshire England11
9Kent England10
10Cornwall England9
11Surrey England7
12Dorset England7
13Bracknell Forest England6
14Devon England5
15Argyll and Bute Scotland5
332 England9 Scotland7 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
386
Peak month
June
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Hydrelia flammeolaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
350
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Hydrelia
Name with authority
Hydrelia flammeolaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
Described
1767

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1303244 · GBIF 5146379