Photo © Mike Wall

Acleris shepherdana

Checklist Number
49.079 [B&F: 1046]

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:Acleris
Species:shepherdana
Authority:(Stephens, 1852)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in fens, marshes, river-banks and other damp areas in parts of England. In Hampshire very local in marshes and water meadows on sites such as Titchfield Haven, Winnall Moors, Bransbury Common and Leckford. There have been no recent records from the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 13-16 mm. The distinctive cinnamon-brown coloration together with the reticulate pattern and the blackish plumbeous outer margin of the costal blotch of the forewing is characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Meadowsweet, 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
Freshwater Marshes SSSI (SZ38)9740twoE G R WatersAdult
Appleford (SZ58)01/08/1933oneS WakelyAdult
Alverstone (SZ58)1937-E A C StowellAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)1947-K G BlairAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Titchfield Haven NNR (SU50)17/08/1971oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Rowner (SU50)30/07/1976twoRichard J DicksonAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)14/07/1990-Bill ElyAdult
Stubbington (SU50)23/08/2013oneDan HoughtonAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU42)13/08/1988oneJ R Langmaid, D H, P H Sterling, B GoaterAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU42)05/08/1989threeJ R Langmaid, D H, P H SterlingAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU43)08/06/1991oneJ R Langmaid, P H Sterling, R J B HoareLarval
Bransbury Common (SU44)16/05/2004-J R LangmaidLarval
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU43)21/05/2008-Tony DobsonLarval spinning
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU43)23/07/2008twoTony DobsonAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU43)30/07/2008twoTony DobsonAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)24/07/2009oneGlynne EvansAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU43)07/08/2009oneTony Dobson & G A HenwoodAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)24/07/2010oneGlynne EvansAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)06/08/2010oneGlynne EvansAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)05/08/2011oneGlynne EvansAdult
Leckford (SU33)05/08/2011oneMark HammondAdult
Overton (SU54)14/08/2013oneAlison CrossAdult
Forton (SU44)07/08/2014oneGlynne EvansAdult
Hurstbourne Tarrant (SU35)16/08/2015oneGlynne EvansAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)20/08/2015threeGlynne EvansAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)10/08/2016oneGlynne EvansAdult
Longparish (SU44)11/08/2016sixGlynne EvansAdult
Forton (SU44)11/08/2016oneGlynne EvansAdult
Chilbolton (SU44)17/07/2017oneGlynne EvansAdult
Bullington (SU44)24/08/2021oneGlynne EvansAdult
Bullington (SU44)22/08/2022twoGlynne EvansAdult