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Smoky wave

Scopula ternata

258Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May7
Jun154
Jul69
Aug4
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland109
2Highland Scotland62
3Worcestershire England17
4Cumbria England14
5Perth and Kinross Scotland10
6North Yorkshire England4
7Aberdeenshire Scotland4
8Denbighshire Wales4
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
10Moray Scotland3
11Cheshire East England2
12Telford and Wrekin England2
13Suffolk England1
14Devon England1
15Gwynedd Wales1
55 England196 Scotland7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
258
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Scopula ternata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
236
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Scopula
Name with authority
Scopula ternata Schrank, 1802
Described
1802

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q138689 · GBIF 5145136