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Waved Umber

Menophra abruptaria

1,304Records since 2000
MayPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar7
Apr284
May754
Jun99
Jul10
Aug12
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England208
2Oxfordshire England195
3Worcestershire England106
4Norfolk England24
5Cambridgeshire England21
6Telford and Wrekin England20
7Bracknell Forest England19
8Surrey England11
9Kent England8
10Suffolk England7
11East Riding of Yorkshire England7
12Devon England7
13North Yorkshire England7
14Dorset England6
15Rutland England6
1,281 England15 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,304
Peak month
May
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Menophra abruptaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,134
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Menophra
Name with authority
Menophra abruptaria (Thunberg, 1792)
Described
1792
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q33206 · GBIF 1988064