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Thistle Ermine

Myelois circumvoluta

470Records since 2000
JunePeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May35
Jun244
Jul158
Aug8
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England99
2Cambridgeshire England48
3Worcestershire England13
4West Berkshire England12
5North Yorkshire England11
6Suffolk England8
7Devon England8
8Dorset England7
9Essex England6
10Norfolk England5
11Kent England5
12Cornwall England5
13East Riding of Yorkshire England5
14Somerset England5
15Rutland England4
455 England8 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
470
Peak month
June
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Myelois circumvoluta
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
393
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Myelois
Name with authority
Myelois circumvoluta Fourcroy, 1785
Described
1785
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2387947 · GBIF 1876329