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Horse chestnut

Pachycnemia hippocastanaria

135Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar7
Apr22
May26
Jun11
Jul36
Aug17
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Bracknell Forest England31
2Surrey England29
3Dorset England18
4Worcestershire England3
5Devon England1
6North Ayrshire Scotland1
7Moray Scotland1
8North Lincolnshire England1
133 England2 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
135
Peak month
July
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Pachycnemia hippocastanaria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
126
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Pachycnemia
Name with authority
Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, 1799)
Described
1799

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1800308 · GBIF 1966351