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Chestnut

Conistra vaccinii

3,800Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan217
Feb534
Mar824
Apr342
May37
Jun13
Jul2
Aug10
Sep113
Oct878
Nov369
Dec143

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England717
2Argyll and Bute Scotland444
3Oxfordshire England319
4Worcestershire England263
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland136
6Highland Scotland130
7Suffolk England98
8Surrey England59
9Telford and Wrekin England51
10Bracknell Forest England45
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland41
12Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland35
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland34
14Norfolk England31
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland23
2,776 England663 Scotland32 Wales323 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,800
Peak month
October
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Conistra vaccinii
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,437
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Conistra
Name with authority
Conistra vaccinii (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1038759 · GBIF 1768702