Photo © Mike Wall

Vine Moth

Eupoecilia ambiguella

Checklist Number
49.112 [B&F: 0955]

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

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Tortricinae
Genus:Eupoecilia
Species:ambiguella
Authority:(Hübner, 1796)

Nationally scarce (Nb) on heathland and woodland in parts of southern England. In Hampshire very local in the New Forest and Emer Bog in the south, and discovered in 1987 on Newtown Common in the north. On the Isle of Wight, recorded from a few sites in the far west. A distinctive species, readily recognised by the pale ochreous general coloration of the forewing and the contrasting heavy median fascia [Bradley]. Larva feeds within flowers of Alder Buckthorn, Honeysuckle and Grape-vine, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in vineyards in some areas, over-wintering in a case made from leaf fragments.

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 (SZ38)17/07/1997oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)27/05/2005oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)14/08/2005oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)26/08/2013oneDave CookeAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)25/07/2017oneDave CookeAdult
West High Down Quarry (SZ38)20/08/2020oneIain OutlawAdult
West High Down quarries (SZ38)16/08/2022oneIain OutlawAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)1985-D H, M J & P H Sterling-
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)05/06/1985oneJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, D H SterlingAdult
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)03/08/1985oneJ R Langmaid, D H, M J SterlingLarval
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)15/08/1985-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingLarval
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)28/07/1986-D H SterlingLarval
Emer Bog NR (SU32)01/08/1992-R J HeckfordLarval
Roydon Common (SU30)1999-Phil Budd-
Roydon Woods HIWWT NR, NF (SU30)28/05/1999onePhil BuddAdult
Southsea (SZ69)21/07/2004oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Hurn (SZ19)23/08/2004oneMike JeffesAdult
Horsea Island (SU60)10/06/2005oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Southsea (SZ69)25/07/2006oneJ R LangmaidAdult
North Gorley (SU11)04/08/2006onePeter AllenAdult
Sway (SZ29)13/08/2011oneSteve KeenAdult
Barton-on-Sea (SZ29)26/06/2012oneSteve KeenAdult
Winchester (SU42)02/08/2013oneTim WalkerAdult
Horsea Island (SU60)23/05/2014twoKeith WheelerAdult
Horsea Island (SU60)23/05/2014twoFareham Moth GroupAdult
Sway (SZ29)22/07/2014twoSteve KeenAdult
Winchester (SU42)05/08/2016oneTim WalkerAdult
Winchester (SU42)14/07/2017twoTim WalkerAdult
Winchester (SU42)27/05/2018oneTim WalkerAdult
Winchester (SU42)24/07/2020twoTim WalkerAdult
Broughton Down (SU23)12/06/2021oneMarc BothamAdult
Winchester (SU42)25/07/2021oneTim WalkerAdult
Winchester (SU42)30/07/2021oneTim WalkerAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Newtown Common (SU46)16/08/1987-D H SterlingLarval
Newtown Common (SU46)01/08/1988-D H SterlingLarval
Weston Colley (SU53)11/07/2011oneDavid G GreenAdult