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Spinach

Eulithis mellinata

122Records since 2000
JunePeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun72
Jul19
Aug6
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England24
2Oxfordshire England16
3Worcestershire England13
4Somerset England4
5West Berkshire England4
6Norfolk England3
7Surrey England3
8Sheffield England3
9Telford and Wrekin England3
10Essex England2
11Lincolnshire England2
12Argyll and Bute Scotland2
13Powys Wales2
14Thurrock England2
15Suffolk England1
114 England3 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
122
Peak month
June
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Eulithis mellinata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
108
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eulithis
Name with authority
Eulithis mellinata (Fabricius, 1787)
Described
1787

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1421117 · GBIF 1965777