Conistra ligula, the dark chestnut, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

In central Europe it is missing on the German North Sea coast, in Denmark, the entirety of Fennoscandia wooded, the northern Baltic countries and the central and northern Russia.

Further east, its range extends into northern Iraq, Turkey and Armenia.

"Forewing deep red brown or purplish brown, darker than vaccinii; a pale submarginal band, grey or brownish grey, on which stand the spots forming the submarginal line; the lines and edges of the stigmata, and often the veins pale; hindwing brownish fuscous.

"[1] Differential characters: dark brown or red-brown base colour of the forewings.