Photo © Mike Wall

Epinotia subsequana

Checklist Number
49.247 [B&F: 1131]

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

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Olethreutinae
Genus:Epinotia
Species:subsequana
Authority:(Haworth, 1811)

Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in woodland, gardens and parks in parts of England, Wales and southern Ireland. In Hampshire known in the past from two localities in southern Hampshire - Havant Thicket and Parnholt Wood - where it was formerly common amongst Giant Fir, but there have been no reports since 1998. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 11-13 mm. Both sexes of this species differ from E. pygmaeana by the more extensively infuscate hindwing and the presence of a weak ocellus in the forewing; the antenna of the male of E. subsequana is not biciliate-fasciculate [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Norway Spruce, European Silver-fir and Giant Fir, living between needles spun together with silk, over-wintering as a pupa.

Update: Distribution, August 2019

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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Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

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VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Havant Thicket (SU71)04/05/1978oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Braishfield (SU32)13/05/1978-J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonAdult
Braishfield (SU32)21/05/1978-J R Langmaid, D J L Agassiz, B GoaterAdult
Havant Thicket (SU71)04/06/1978twoJ R Langmaid, J M Chalmers-HuntAdult
Braishfield (SU32)04/05/1980-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingAdult
Havant Thicket (SU71)11/05/1980oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Braishfield (SU32)14/05/1996-J R Langmaid, D O'KeeffeAdult
Braishfield (SU32)01/05/1998twoJ R Langmaid, R J B HoareAdult