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Dark Chestnut

Conistra ligula

625Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan63
Feb69
Mar35
Apr6
May0
Jun0
Jul1
Aug0
Sep12
Oct185
Nov101
Dec47

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England96
2West Berkshire England64
3Oxfordshire England48
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland20
5Suffolk England17
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland17
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
8Telford and Wrekin England7
9Rutland England5
10Bracknell Forest England4
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland4
12Cambridgeshire England3
13Essex England3
14Bath and North East Somerset England3
15Isle of Anglesey Wales3
564 England3 Wales55 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
625
Peak month
October
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Conistra ligula
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
613
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Conistra
Name with authority
Conistra ligula (Esper, 1791)
Described
1791
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q847574 · GBIF 1768729