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Spruce Carpet

Thera britannica

2,741Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar4
Apr97
May495
Jun452
Jul160
Aug86
Sep386
Oct607
Nov190
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland566
2West Berkshire England400
3Oxfordshire England282
4Worcestershire England212
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland89
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland82
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland61
8Highland Scotland57
9Bracknell Forest England54
10Norfolk England50
11Telford and Wrekin England26
12Ards and North Down Northern Ireland25
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland20
14Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland20
15Sefton England16
1,652 England710 Scotland36 Wales336 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,741
Peak month
October
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Thera britannica
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,453
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Thera
Name with authority
Thera britannica (Turner, 1925)
Described
1925
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2247314 · GBIF 5148424