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Willow Leaf Beetle

Lochmaea caprea

851Records since 2000
MayPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar11
Apr71
May265
Jun207
Jul82
Aug83
Sep86
Oct15
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England135
2Argyll and Bute Scotland54
3Isle of Anglesey Wales40
4Cumbria England39
5Cambridgeshire England30
6Worcestershire England30
7Nottinghamshire England29
8Norfolk England23
9Dudley England20
10Gwynedd Wales16
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland16
12Doncaster England16
13Swansea Wales16
14Dorset England15
15North Yorkshire England15
553 England143 Scotland136 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
851
Peak month
May
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Lochmaea caprea
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
801
Most recorded in
Lincolnshire, Argyll and Bute
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Lochmaea
Name with authority
Lochmaea caprea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q901389 · GBIF 4461358