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Wainscot Smudge

Ypsolopha scabrella

609Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun8
Jul231
Aug249
Sep35
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England103
2West Berkshire England96
3Worcestershire England67
4Telford and Wrekin England12
5Sandwell England7
6Kent England5
7Cambridgeshire England4
8Rutland England4
9Sefton England4
10Norfolk England3
11Suffolk England3
12East Riding of Yorkshire England2
13Essex England2
14Milton Keynes England2
15Bath and North East Somerset England2
603 England3 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
609
Peak month
August
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Ypsolopha scabrella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
554
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Ypsolophidae
Genus
Ypsolopha
Name with authority
Ypsolopha scabrella (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2682105 · GBIF 4525562