Morley's Final Catalogue: Text for both Chestnut and Dark chestnut: Both abundant throughout the county, the former rather the more prevalent.
Recent Suffolk Status: Common. Still the more scarcer of the two regularly recorded chestnuts.
Life history: Single-brooded. Regularly recorded on Ivy blossom, Blackberries and Sallow blossom as well as at light. The adults hibernate and emerge again in the spring on mild nights.
Identification: Chestnut is often paler in colour and has a more rounded forewing lacking a sharp point.
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