Red-headed Chestnut (Conistra erythrocephala) - iMoths


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Red-headed Chestnut
Conistra erythrocephala ([Denis & Schifferm?ller], 1775)
Noctuidae : Xyleninae

2261 / 73.198
Immigrant

Photo © Tim Arnold, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France. 15/3/23

Similar Upper Thames Species
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii

Dark Chestnut
Conistra ligula

Foodplant:	Woody plants such as oaks, elms and Hornbeam, and herbaceous plants
Red List:	Regionally Extinct (RE)
GB Status:	Extinct / Immigrant
Former Status:	Immigrant
Verification Grade: Adult: 3

A scarce immigrant in Britain, not recorded in the region for over 100 years.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 1 (1%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1850.
Last Recorded in 1859.
(Data up to end 2022)

Further info: Conistra erythrocephala

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		Upper Thames Moths (Full)