Species Details

ABH: 73.194

BF: 2258

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Conistra vaccinii

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Chestnut

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles. Distinguished from the generally less common Dark Chestnut C. ligula by the rounded termen and rather blunt apex. Larva feeds on flowers and leaves of various deciduous trees and shrubs, including Pedunculate and Sessile Oak, Elm, Blackthorn, Hawthorn and Downy Birch, and occasionally on herbaceous plants such as Dock.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 28 — 36 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/conistra-vaccinii/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1619

Individuals: 3454

Earliest Year: 1831

Latest Year: 2025

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