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White-shouldered Smudge

Ypsolopha parenthesella

602Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May27
Jun113
Jul79
Aug155
Sep79
Oct19
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England113
2Highland Scotland61
3Argyll and Bute Scotland45
4Oxfordshire England29
5Kent England28
6Perth and Kinross Scotland27
7West Berkshire England21
8Norfolk England15
9Telford and Wrekin England13
10Gloucestershire England9
11Cheshire East England8
12Surrey England7
13North Yorkshire England7
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland7
15Cambridgeshire England4
433 England137 Scotland9 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
602
Peak month
August
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Ypsolopha parenthesella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
501
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Ypsolophidae
Genus
Ypsolopha
Name with authority
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q8059562 · GBIF 4525510