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Photo © Martin Cade,  Portland Bird Observatory - 4 Nov 2011

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Red-headed Chestnut
Conistra erythrocephala

([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) 2261 / 73.198

Davey, P., 2009: A resident species in woodland on chalky soil in Sussex and Kent between 1847 and 1880 and noted as a rare immigrant subsequently, the larva feeding on deciduous trees at first and later on herbaceous plants. It is locally common within deciduous woodland throughout much of Europe, but absent from southern Iberia. Seventeen moths have been recorded in Dorset; all are suspected immigrants and nearly half of the tally appeared during the autumn of 2004 when a source of central... Read More

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 11 (28%) of 40 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1997.
Last Recorded in 2023.
(Data up to end 2023)
Additional Stats

Forewing: 16mm.
Flight: One generation Sept-Nov. (Mar-April)
Foodplant:   Oaks, elms, Hornbeam
Red List: Regionally Extinct (RE)
GB Status: Extinct / Immigrant
Former Status: Immigrant
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
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Latest 5 Records (data up to end 2023)
Date#VC10k Area
08/11/202319SY66 Portland Bill
23/10/202319SY66 Portland Bill
20/10/202319SY66 Portland Bill
20/11/202219SY66 Portland Bill
03/03/202119ST60 Cerne Abbas

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