Photo © David G Green

Pachythelia villosella

Checklist Number
11.017 [B&F: 0192]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Psychidae
Subfamily:Oiketicinae
Genus:Pachythelia
Species:villosella
Authority:(Ochsenheimer, 1810)

Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on acid heathland in parts of Hampshire and Dorset. In Hampshire most recent records are from around Beaulieu Road Station, declining and previously known from a number of heathland areas in the New Forest. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan male 22-28 mm, female wingless. The adult moths are seen occasionally, but most records are of larval cases. Larva feeds on Heather, Bell Heather, various grasses, Birch and Willow, living within a movable case, over-wintering twice.

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)

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)1951-Anon-
Beaulieu Road Station, NF (SU30)28/04/1973oneRichard J DicksonCase
Beaulieu Road Station, NF (SU30)18/06/1977twoPhil & Dougie SterlingCase
Beaulieu Road, NF (SU30)26/05/1979twoJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonCase
Beaulieu Road, NF (SU30)08/06/1981-J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, A M Emmet, D J L AgassizCase
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)13/04/1984oneJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, A M Emmet, D H SterlingCase
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)1986oneD H, M J & P H SterlingLarval
Beaulieu Heath (SU30)19/06/1986-Tony PicklesAdult
Handy Cross, NF (SU20)30/03/1991oneJ R Langmaid, B GoaterCase
Ocknell Plain, NF (SU21)06/05/1999sixDavid G Green & Mark ParsonsLarval
Stephill Bottom, NF (SU30)09/05/2000oneDavid G Green & Mark ParsonsLarval
Beaulieu Road, NF (SU30)17/06/2000sixDavid G GreenLarval
Beaulieu Road Station, NF (SU30)29/06/2009fourRichard J DicksonCase
Beaulieu Road Station, NF (SU30)28/07/2009oneRichard J DicksonCase
Brownloaf, NF (SU10)09/07/2010onePaul D BrockLarval
Ogden's Purlieu, NF (SU21)19/07/2013oneMike WallCase
Cranes Moor (SU10)22/07/2014onePaul D BrockLarval
Burley (SU10)23/07/2016onePaul D BrockLarval
Woodley (SU32)14/06/2017oneNorman BinstedLarval
Shatterford, NF (SU30)01/07/2018threeSuffolk Moth GroupLarval
Shatterford, NF (SU30)18/05/2019oneNeil ShermanLarval
Beaulieu Road Station (SU30)15/09/2020oneRosemary RoyleLarval
Ances Wood, NF (SU21)02/07/2021oneJonathan NewmanCase