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Beaded Chestnut

Agrochola lychnidis

2,359Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun0
Jul1
Aug4
Sep554
Oct1,462
Nov161
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England578
2West Berkshire England313
3Worcestershire England154
4Suffolk England138
5Norfolk England73
6Surrey England14
7Telford and Wrekin England14
8Cornwall England12
9North Yorkshire England10
10Cambridgeshire England9
11Devon England8
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
13East Riding of Yorkshire England7
14Essex England7
15Bath and North East Somerset England7
2,338 England2 Scotland10 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,359
Peak month
October
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Agrochola lychnidis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,932
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Agrochola
Name with authority
Agrochola lychnidis (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1943084 · GBIF 4533115