50.001 BF162  –  Cossidae –  Cossinae – Cossus cossus – Goat Moth – (Linnaeus,1758) Adult Macro:  CAT 3 – Difficult to identify/Very rare/Scarce species (includes very scarce adventives/immigrants)/County-level first records – images or specimen may be required – Difficult to identify /Very rare/Scarce (includes very scarce adventives/immigrants)/County-level first records       PDF Icon – click for Adult Macro Verification Guidelines

Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Macro   >>  Cossidae  >> Cossinae
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ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: Relatively unmistakable, being very large and heavy in appearance
Distribution:  (Last record: 8 July 1976 at Ilkeston )  –  Last recorded – July 1976 – A resident species that appears to be quite rare, possibly on the verge of being extinct, in Derbyshire. There are very few modern day records. Currently two records under review, due to insufficient supporting evidence, one from 6/7/2013 & one from 20/10/2020.
Flight Period: June /  July /  –  On the wing June – July Moth Activity: Nocturnal  – Occasionally to light but otherwise seldom seen Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Forewing: 32-42mm Food Plant: On living wood
Last Recorded Year: 1976
Last Recorded By – Tom Druro
Last Recorded General Area – Ilkeston

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Distribution Map for Cossus cossus

Found 1 records
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    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 1 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Cossus cossus

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Cossus cossus
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Cossus cossus
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Cossus cossus
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Cossus cossus
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Cossus cossus
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
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Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
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Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Cossus cossus
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
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( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Cossus cossus – 1 records available

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Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Shipley Park, Ilkeston [not a precise location].SK44H08/07/19761Adultold_documented_vc57_moth_data

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