Photo © Glynne Evans

Cochylis flaviciliana

Checklist Number
49.135 [B&F: 0963]

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

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Tortricinae
Genus:Cochylis
Species:flaviciliana
Authority:(Westwood, 1854)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in dry, calcareous grassland in parts of southern England, southern Wales and on the Burren in Ireland. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight individuals occasionally turn up, mainly on calcareous soils. Wingspan 11-16 mm. The contrasting bright rose-pink and cream-white forewing coloration is characteristic; differs from C. roseana by the lighter median fascia of the forewing and the absence of a subapical line in the cilia [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedheads of Field Scabious, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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
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Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Freshwater (SZ38)20/07/1974oneC C SmithAdult
Headon Warren (SZ38)07/08/1975oneC C SmithAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Farley Mount (SU42)01/07/1936eightW FassnidgeLarval
Winchester (SU43)24/07/1976oneD H SterlingAdult
Minstead (SU21)27/07/1976oneL W SiggsAdult
Waterlooville (SU61)01/08/1997-Richard J MooreAdult
Swanwick HWT NR (SU51)19/07/2002oneTim NorrissAdult
West Meon (SU62)17/07/2015oneKeith WheelerAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Basingstoke (SU65)1895-UnknownAdult
Farringdon (SU73)02/08/1964oneE A SadlerAdult
Itchen Abbas (SU53)1970oneD W H FfennellAdult
Itchen Abbas (SU53)04/07/1975oneD W H FfennellAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)12/05/2002oneJeff HiggottAdult
Bishops Sutton (SU63)30/08/2013onePeter ThompsonAdult
Magdalen Hill Down NR (SU42)16/07/2016threePatrick Fleet, Colin BeyerAdult
Barton Stacey (SU44)16/07/2020oneGlynne EvansAdult