Photo © Glynne Evans

Falseuncaria ruficiliana

Checklist Number
49.142 [B&F: 0960]

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:Falseuncaria
Species:ruficiliana
Authority:(Haworth, 1811)

Local on downland, heathland and mosses throughout much of the British Isles. In Hampshire mainly restricted to downland sites such as Martin Down and Portsdown in the south, and Noar Hill in the north. On the Isle of Wight, has been recorded in the past, but there has been no recent records. Wingspan 12-15 mm. The lack of rose coloration in the forewing and the comparatively broad whitish-edged median fascia distinguish this species from F. degreyana [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedheads of Cowslip and Lousewort, 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
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
Martin Down NNR (SU01)05/05/1990-Darch, Taylor, Lancaster, Greenway, Blunt, Cartwright Bishop-
Martin Down NNR (SU01)06/05/1990-Darch, Taylor, Lancaster, Greenway, Blunt, Cartwright Bishop-
Martin Down NNR (SU01)24/08/1990-Darch, Taylor, Lancaster, Greenway, Blunt, Cartwright Bishop-
Martin Down NNR (SU01)17/07/2012fourSteve Piggott, Mark Halligan, Steve KeenAdult

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Freshwater Down (SZ38)1856-IWGAdult
Ventnor (SZ57)1880-SouthAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Butser Hill (SU71)196612E A SadlerAdult
Teg Down, Winchester (SU42)1979-D H SterlingAdult
Teg Down, Winchester (SU42)08/06/1980-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingLarval
Winchester (SU43)28/07/1987oneD H SterlingAdult
Yew Hill NR (SU42)16/05/1997-David G GreenAdult
Fletchwood Meadows HWT NR (SU31)19/06/1999oneMartin C HarveyAdult
Southsea (SZ69)31/07/1999oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Swanwick HWT NR (SU51)19/07/2002oneMartin C HarveyAdult
Butser Hill (SU72)28/05/2003oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Butser (SU72)12/07/2007oneTony DavisAdult
Hen Wood, nr St Meon (SU62)03/08/2012oneRichard J DicksonAdult
West Meon (SU62)06/05/2014oneMaurice OpieAdult
Old Winchester Hill (SU62)23/06/2014oneRichard J DicksonAdult
West Meon (SU62)24/06/2014fiveMaurice OpieAdult
Old Down, Owslebury (SU52)28/07/2015twoJamie AlisonAdult
Old Winchester Hill (SU62)05/07/2019oneMaurice OpieAdult
Ashley (SU33)23/06/2020oneGlynne EvansAdult
Woodlands, NF (SU31)25/06/2020-Russell B WynnAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Leckford (SU33)1950-D W H FfennellAdult
Itchen Abbas (SU53)1950-D W H FfennellAdult
Selborne (SU73)1950-D W H FfennellAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)15/05/1964-E C Pelham-ClintonAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)24/05/1976oneDavid AppletonAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)06/07/1993-Tony M JamesAdult
Selborne (SU73)08/08/1997oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Selborne (SU73)09/08/1997oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)12/05/2002oneJeff HiggottAdult
Selborne (SU73)20/08/2002oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Magdalen Hill Down NR (SU52)30/04/2010oneDavid ShuteAdult
Faccombe (SU45)26/05/2013oneSusan A Clarke, David G GreenAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)30/05/2013twoGraeme DavisAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)24/04/2014oneMike DuffyAdult
Magdalen Hill Cemetery (SU52)11/07/2015fiveMike Wall & Jayne ChapmanAdult
Magdalen Hill Down (SU52)25/07/2015oneJamie AlisonAdult
Monxton (SU34)11/05/2016oneTim NorrissAdult
Monxton (SU34)29/05/2016oneTim Norriss, Lynn Fomison, Monica JohnsonAdult
Monxton (SU34)12/07/2016twoTim Norriss, Monica JohnsonAdult
Anna Valley, Andover (SU34)25/06/2017oneTim NorrissAdult
Anna Valley, Andover (SU34)23/06/2020oneTim NorrissAdult
Cholderton (SU24)31/07/2020oneTim Norriss, Henry EdmundsAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)01/05/2021twoBen DaleAdult
Great Haughurst Copse, Axmansford (SU56)20/08/2021oneAndy C BoltonAdult
Basingstoke (SU65)27/08/2021oneMike WallAdult
Morn Hill, Winchester (SU52)09/07/2022twoC Beyer, M Wall, P Fleet, D Shute, L HurrellAdult
Magdalen Hill Down NR (SU52)14/05/2023oneMike WallAdult