Moths
Geometridae
Peppered Moth
Biston betularia
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Occurrences
2,034 since 2000
2,399 all time
Occupied 1 km squares
178 since 2000
208 all time
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Occurrence since 1950
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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.
Lincolnshire Biodiversity Partnership (now the GLNP).
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
Natural England. Invertebrate Common Standards Monitoring and ISIS Test Data. Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.
Witham Third District IDB.