Photo © Mike Wall

Crassa tinctella

Checklist Number
28.013 [B&F: 0637]

Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity

Classification

Family:Oecophoridae
Subfamily:Oecophorinae
Genus:Crassa
Species:tinctella
Authority:(Hübner, 1796)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in ancient woodland throughout much of southern Britain, from Kent to Devon in the south and Lincolnshire and North Wales in the north (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). In Hampshire sparsely recorded in the south of the county, with only one recent record from the north and none from the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 14-16 mm. Resembles Batia unitella, but ochreous-orange rather than golden-brown, and lacks the contrasting orange head and palps of B. unitella; also, the costa is convex in B. unitella, straight in C. tinctella. Larva feeds on lichens growing on Willow.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC8 Wiltshire (Hants county)

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
West Park (SU11)21/05/2003oneDavid G GreenAdult
West Park (SU11)13/06/2003oneDavid G GreenAdult

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Isle of Wight (SZ48)1900-L T FordAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Matley Wood, NF (SU30)28/05/1972oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)30/05/1976oneDavid AppletonAdult
Culverley (SU30)21/06/1985-P N Siddons-
Upham (SU52)23/06/2006oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)02/05/2007twoBrian ElliottAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)04/05/2007oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Fox Heath Copse (SU33)27/05/2008oneMark Parsons, Kate DentAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)27/05/2009oneBrian ElliottAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)31/05/2009oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)28/05/2012oneBrian ElliottAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)15/05/2018oneMaurice OpieAdult
Romsey (SU32)02/05/2020oneMike BakerAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)26/05/2020oneSimon BoswellAdult
Kings Somborne (SU33)26/05/2020oneGlynne EvansAdult
Romsey (SU32)26/05/2020oneSimon LaytonAdult
Winter Down Copse, Little Somborne (SU33)02/06/2021oneGlynne EvansAdult
East Tytherley (SU32)12/06/2021oneGlynne EvansAdult
Broughton Down (SU23)12/06/2021twoMarc BothamAdult
Marchwood (SU30)18/05/2022oneChris ThainAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Armsworth (SU63)1975-D W H FfennellAdult
Bartley Heath (SU75)07/06/1996twoTony DobsonAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)30/04/2007oneGraham DennisAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)18/05/2007oneGraham DennisAdult
Morgaston Wood (SU65)06/05/2011oneMike WallAdult
Morgaston Wood (SU65)20/05/2011twoMike WallAdult
Morgaston Wood (SU65)04/06/2011twoMike WallAdult
Morgaston Wood (SU65)25/05/2012fourMike WallAdult
Kingsdown Wood (SU55)01/06/2012oneGraham DennisAdult
Goodworth Clatford (SU34)31/05/2014oneGlynne EvansAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)07/06/2016oneGraham J DennisAdult
Ecchinswell (SU56)01/06/2017oneMike NormanAdult
Yateley (SU86)26/05/2020oneJosie HewittAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)30/05/2020twoGraham J DennisAdult
Blackwater (SU85)14/06/2021oneBen DaleAdult
Crawley (SU43)14/06/2021oneGlynne EvansAdult
Minley Wood (SU85)24/06/2021oneBen DaleAdult
Whitehill (SU73)17/05/2022oneAndy StockerAdult
Crabtree Plantation, Basingstoke (SU65)21/05/2022oneBen DaleAdult

VC22 West Berkshire (Hants county)

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Mortimer West End (SU66)13/05/1998oneGraham DennisAdult
Mortimer West End (SU66)01/06/2020oneGraham J DennisAdult