Photo © Keith Tailby

Agonopterix pallorella

Checklist Number
32.028 [B&F: 0700]

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

Classification

Family:Depressariidae
Subfamily:Depressariinae
Genus:Agonopterix
Species:pallorella
Authority:(Zeller, 1839)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in open calcareous grassland in south-eastern England, from Dorset and Wiltshire to Kent, southern Wales and western Ireland. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight recorded recently only from Old Basing in the north of the county, Roydon Woods in the south, and Rew Down, Ventnor, on the Island. Wingspan 19-22 mm. The most likely confusion species are A. kaekeritziana and A. bipunctosa, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Greater Knapweed, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Sandown (SZ58)1893-IWGAdult
Cranmore (SZ38)1900oneK G BlairAdult
Sandown (SZ58)07/09/1900-L B ProutAdult
Sandown (SZ58)1714-L B ProutAdult
Sandown (SZ58)3530-L B ProutAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)1950oneK G BlairAdult
Ventnor (SZ57)02/08/1987-J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonLarval
Ventnor (SZ57)04/08/2003oneJ R Langmaid, B ElliottLarval
Compton Down (SZ38)21/06/2013-SDBevan, RJHeckfordLarval
Afton Down (SZ38)01/10/2014oneDiana Westerhoff, Richard E Jones Adult
Compton Down (SZ38)11/09/2022threePhil BardenAdult
Compton Down (SZ38)21/09/2022onePhil BardenAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Roydon Woods HIWWT NR, NF (SU30)19/07/1998onePhil BuddAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)15/08/2005oneBrian ElliottAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)11/12/2018oneMaurice OpieAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Martyr Worthy (SU53)1962-D W H FfennellAdult
Porton Down (SU23)24/07/1994twoJ R Langmaid, B Goater, H A EdmundsLarval
Old Basing (SU65)07/08/2004oneJames AndrewsAdult
Cholderton (SU24)27/07/2018oneTim Norriss, Henry EdmundsAdult