Photo © Eamonn O'Donnell

Chrysoesthia sexguttella

Checklist Number
35.036 [B&F: 0747]

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

Classification

Family:Gelechiidae
Subfamily:Apatetrinae
Genus:Chrysoesthia
Species:sexguttella
Authority:(Thunberg, 1794)

Local on waste ground, farmland and other open areas throughout much of the British Isles, but absent from the Northern Isles. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight still reasonably common along the coast in the south-east of the county and on the Island, but remains very scarce in north Hampshire. Wingspan 8-10 mm. The fuscous imago has pale yellow spots, but is seldom encountered, and the species is more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when larvae may be obtained by sweeping the foodplant. Larva mines leaves of Goosefoot and Orache.

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
Yarmouth (SZ38)1900-Victoria County Hist of Hants & IW 1900Adult
Yarmouth (SZ38)1926-W FassnidgeAdult
Undercliff, St. Lawrence (SZ57)20/09/1977-AMEmmet, EC Pelham-Clinton, Dr JD Bradley, RWJ UffenLarval
St Helens (SZ68)1978-John R LangmaidLarval
Hamstead (SZ39)01/09/2001oneDavid BiggsMine
Hamstead (SZ49)01/09/2001oneDavid BiggsLarval
Ventnor (SZ57)02/12/2003-David BiggsMine (vacated)
Hurst Stake (SZ59)17/08/2004-David BiggsLarval
St Lawrence (SZ57)05/07/2006-David BiggsMine (vacated)
St Lawrence (SZ57)05/07/2006-B ShepardMine (vacated)
Little Thorness (SZ49)23/09/2007-David BiggsMine
Thorness (SZ49)23/09/2007-David BiggsMine
Ventnor (SZ57)30/05/2018oneIain OutlawAdult
Foreland (SZ68)04/07/2018threePhil BardenMine

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Oxenbourne Down (SU71)20/05/1974oneD W H FfennellAdult
Fareham (SU50)24/09/197510Jeremy ChaddMine
Farlington Marshes HIWWT NR (SU60)1984-John R Langmaid-
Northney, Hayling (SU70)31/05/1984-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingAdult
Hayling Island (SU70)07/06/1986oneJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonAdult
Eling (SU31)23/09/1989-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingMine (vacated)
Botley Wood (SU50)20/09/1992oneJ R Langmaid, P H SterlingLarval
Farlington Marshes HIWWT NR (SU60)06/09/1993-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingMine
Portsmouth (SU60)07/09/1994-J R LangmaidLarval
Milton Common (SU60)30/08/1996-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine
Hamble (SU41)07/10/1996-J R Langmaid, A M Emmet, A M DavisLarval
Milton Common (SU60)26/08/1997-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellLarval
Milton Common, Portsmouth (SU60)29/08/1997-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine
Fareham (SU50)29/09/1997-J R Langmaid, I R Thirlwell, S Swift, D WalkerLarval
Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth (SU60)06/09/1998-J R Langmaid, M G M JansenMine
Park Gate (SU50)19/06/1999oneDavid AppletonAdult
Great Salterns NR, Portsmouth (SU60)2001oneJonty DentonAdult
Hayling (SU70)02/09/2002-J R Langmaid, B ElliottLarval
Lee-on-Solent (SZ59)17/09/2002-J R Langmaid, B ElliottMine
Alver Valley NR (SU50)17/09/2002-J R Langmaid, B ElliottMine
Chandlers Ford (SU42)2003-Brian ElliottAdult
Fareham, Cams Bay (SU50)25/06/2003oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Browndown (SZ59)29/08/2005-Tony DobsonMine (vacated)
Fareham, Cams Bay (SU50)09/08/2010oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Eastney (SZ69)20/09/2010-J R LangmaidLarval
Milton Common (SU60)21/09/2010-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine (vacated)
Cams Bay, Fareham (SU50)17/08/2011-J R Langmaid, R J DicksonMine
Cams Bay (SU50)17/08/2011oneJohn R LangmaidMine
Hengistbury Head (SZ19)22/09/2011-J R Langmaid, B ElliottMine
Hayling (SZ69)17/08/2013-J R Langmaid, R M PalmerLarval
Hayling (SU70)16/09/2014-J R Langmaid, S M Palmer, I R ThirlwellMine
Pennington (SZ39)01/08/2015oneRichard CoomberMine
Portsmouth (SU60)10/09/2015-J R Langmaid, R J Dickson, I R ThirlwellMine (vacated)
Milton (SZ69)04/10/2015-J R Langmaid, M R, J E YoungMine
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)05/07/2018oneJ R Langmaid, M R, J E YoungAdult
Bunny Meadows, Hook with Warsash (SU40)08/07/2018twoDan HoughtonAdult
Bunny Meadows, Hook with Warsash (SU40)22/07/2018oneDan HoughtonAdult
Baffins, Portsmouth (SU60)09/09/2018-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine (vacated)
New Milton (SZ29)09/06/2023oneRobin P HarleyAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Leckford Estate (SU33)09/08/1984-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingMine
Wildhern (SU35)31/08/1998-David G GreenAdult