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Flounced Chestnut
Anchoscelis helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2265 / 73.188
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Beaded Chestnut
Agrochola lychnidis
Forewing: 16-18mm.
Flight: One generation Sept-Oct.
Foodplant:   Broadleaved trees.
Red List: Near Threatened (NT)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
Status
Local.
Variable species with a number of named forms and aberrations.
Broad-leaved woodland, scrub, heathland.

Usually only around 5-10 recorded annually, in 2021 numbers increased dramatically.

Recorded in 47 (64%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1840.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
04/10/2024128TF63Snettisham
23/09/2024128TF63Heacham
08/09/2024328TF63Heacham
13/10/2023127TG42Eccles
11/10/2023127TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
10/10/2023128TF70Cockley Cley
07/10/2023228TF72Flitcham
02/09/2023628TF63Heacham
23/08/2023228TF63Hunstanton
28/10/2022127TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
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