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Swan-feather Dwarf

Elachista argentella

481Records since 2000
JunePeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr8
May161
Jun183
Jul71
Aug18
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England55
2Argyll and Bute Scotland47
3Oxfordshire England45
4West Berkshire England28
5Worcestershire England27
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland21
7Cambridgeshire England15
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland9
10Highland Scotland7
11City of Edinburgh Scotland7
12Telford and Wrekin England6
13Gloucestershire England5
14Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland5
15Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland5
324 England89 Scotland15 Wales40 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
481
Peak month
June
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Elachista argentella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
412
Most recorded in
Suffolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Elachistidae
Genus
Elachista
Name with authority
Elachista argentella Clerck, 1759
Described
1759
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2171490 · GBIF 1832853