Photo © Dave Cooke

Rose Tortrix

Archips rosana

Checklist Number
49.016 [B&F: 0981]

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:Archips
Species:rosana
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)

Local in gardens and orchards throughout much of the British Isles. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight local and rather uncommon, with records widely scattered and with no discernible pattern to their occurrence. Wingspan male 15-18 mm, female 15-24 mm. A generally smaller species than A. crataegana; the male is readily distinguished by the unbroken median fascia; the more uniform coloration of the forewing and the relatively fine subterminal stria separate the female [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Rosaceae, fruit trees and deciduous trees and bushes, living within a spun or rolled leaf, over-wintering as an egg.

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)

VC8 Wiltshire (Hants county)

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
West Park (SU11)10/07/2003oneDavid G GreenAdult
Martin Down NNR (SU01)11/07/2014onePeter AllenAdult

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Yarmouth (SZ38)1850-IWGAdult
Sandown (SZ58)1893-L B ProutAdult
Parkhurst Forest (SZ49)1929-W FassnidgeAdult
Cranmore (SZ38)1930-J LobbAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)1948-K G BlairAdult
St Helens (SZ68)01/05/1969-J M Chalmers-HuntLarval
Totland (SZ38)13/06/2006oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Walter's Copse, Newtown (SZ49)19/06/2010oneDave CookeAdult
Ningwood Common (SZ38)31/05/2011oneDave CookeAdult
Newtown Meadows (SZ49)11/06/2011oneDave CookeAdult
West Green, St Helens (SZ68)21/06/2011-Daudi-
Plaish (SZ48)26/07/2014oneKevin RylandsAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Titchfield Haven NNR (SU50)05/06/1995oneRichard J DicksonLarval
Southsea (SZ69)19/06/1995oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Pennington (SZ39)27/08/2004oneRichard CoomberAdult
Pennington (SZ39)06/09/2004oneRichard CoomberAdult
Pennington (SZ39)10/09/2004oneRichard CoomberAdult
Clay Hill, Burley, NF (SU30)09/07/2005oneKen HeronAdult
Hill Head (SU50)20/06/2007oneRichard J CarpenterAdult
Romsey (SU32)31/07/2007oneMike BakerAdult
Romsey (SU32)02/08/2007oneMike BakerAdult
Christchurch (SZ29)29/07/2011oneRobert A ChapmanAdult
Southsea (SZ69)15/07/2013oneJ R LangmaidAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Selborne (SU73)1992oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Selborne (SU73)1994oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Selborne (SU73)12/07/1995oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Selborne (SU73)10/07/1996oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Selborne (SU73)18/07/1996oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Selborne (SU73)25/07/1996oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Selborne (SU73)13/08/1996oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Wildhern (SU35)09/06/1997-David G GreenAdult
Grateley (SU24)25/06/2003twoSimon ColenuttAdult
Overton (SU54)09/09/2010oneAlison CrossAdult
Weston Colley (SU53)27/06/2012oneDavid G GreenAdult
Grayshott (SU83)17/07/2012oneRobin TurnerAdult
Whitchurch (SU45)18/06/2018oneGlynne EvansAdult

VC22 West Berkshire (Hants county)

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Mortimer West End (SU66)19/06/2007oneGraham DennisAdult