Photo © John Jennings
Pseudococcyx posticana
Checklist Number49.299 [B&F: 1208]
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: | Pseudococcyx |
| Species: | posticana |
| Authority: | (Zetterstedt, 1839) |
Nationally scarce (Nb) in pine woodland and on heathland throughout the British Isles. In Hampshire found mainly in the New Forest where, by dint of hard searching, hollowed-out, resinous buds on the lateral shoots of small Scots pine trees, which hold the larva, can be located — there are very few records in Hampshire outside the New Forest, including just one from north Hampshire. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 11-16 mm. Distinguished from Clavigesta sylvestrana by the light tawny-brown coloration of the labial palps, head, thorax and tegulae, which in C. sylvestrana are grey [Bradley]. Larva feeds on buds of Scots Pine.
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
VC11 South Hampshire
| Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoney Cross, NF (SU21) | 30/03/1991 | one | J R Langmaid, B Goater | Larval |
| Sparsholt (SU43) | 28/05/1992 | one | Tony Dobson | Adult |
| Roydon Common (SU30) | 1998 | - | Phil Budd | - |
| Sandy Down (SZ39) | 1998 | - | Phil Budd | - |
| Southsea (SZ69) | 14/05/1998 | two | John R Langmaid | Adult |
| Roydon Woods HIWWT NR, NF (SZ39) | 20/05/1998 | - | Phil Budd | Adult |
| Roydon Common (SU30) | 1999 | - | Phil Budd | - |
| Town Common (SZ19) | 05/07/2003 | one | Phil Budd | Adult |
| Chandlers Ford (SU42) | 23/06/2005 | one | Brian Elliott | Adult |
| Cosham (SU60) | 23/07/2005 | one | Terry Jennings | Adult |
| Oxenbourne Down (SU71) | 24/05/2010 | one | Tony Davis | Adult |
| Chewton Common (SZ29) | 14/05/2011 | one | Phil Budd | Adult |
| Christchurch (SZ29) | 26/06/2011 | one | Robert A Chapman | Adult |
| Ashurst, NF (SU31) | 10/06/2015 | one | Keith Godfrey | Adult |
| Foxbury (SU31) | 21/07/2015 | - | Wild New Forest | - |
| Foxbury (SU31) | 21/07/2015 | - | Laura Baker | Adult |
| Merritown Heath (SZ19) | 26/05/2017 | one | Dave Foot | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU50) | 15/05/2018 | one | Maurice Opie | Adult |
| Hurn (SZ19) | 27/06/2019 | one | Mike Jeffes | Adult |
| Dibden Purlieu, NF (SU40) | 19/05/2024 | one | Robert A Chapman | Adult |
VC12 North Hampshire
| Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rye (SU75) | 06/05/1995 | one | Tony Dobson | Adult |
| Liss Forest (SU72) | 10/05/2020 | one | Richard J Moore | Adult |
