Photo © Keith Wheeler

Aproaerema polychromella

Checklist Number
35.009 [B&F: 0850]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Gelechiidae
Subfamily:Anacampsinae
Genus:Aproaerema
Species:polychromella
Authority:(Rebel, 1902)

Very rare immigrant from southern Europe. First recorded in Britain on 20 February 1952 at Bexley, Kent, with a second on 1 February 1999 at Chessington, Surrey. The only records to date from the area covered by this website are of one on Hayling Island, and another at Burton, Christchurch (Dorset), both on 24 May 2009. Around that time it was recorded from Canford in Dorset, and was also found new to Ireland. Wingspan 7-10 mm.

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.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Totland (SZ38)17/12/2015oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)18/12/2015oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Tennyson Down (SZ38)19/12/2015oneStephen PlummerAdult
Totland (SZ38)19/12/2015oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)19/12/2015twoIain OutlawAdult
Plaish (SZ48)27/12/2015oneKevin RylandsAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Sandy Point (SZ79)24/05/2009oneAndy JohnsonAdult
Burton, nr Christchurch (SZ19)24/05/2009oneJean SouthworthAdult
Sholing (SU41)16/12/2015oneAndy CollinsAdult
Southsea (SZ69)16/12/2015oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)17/12/2015oneBrian ElliottAdult
Sholing (SU41)17/12/2015oneAndy CollinsAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)18/12/2015threeKeith WheelerAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)18/12/2015fourBrian ElliottAdult
Fareham (SU50)18/12/2015twoKeith WheelerAdult
Lymington (SZ39)18/12/2015oneAlec S HarmerAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)19/12/2015threeBrian ElliottAdult
Fareham (SU50)19/12/2015oneKeith WheelerAdult
Bitterne (SU41)25/12/2015oneWayne BorrasAdult
Fareham (SU50)27/12/2015oneKeith WheelerAdult
Bitterne (SU41)29/12/2015oneWayne BorrasAdult