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Chrysoesthia drurella

Checklist Number
35.035 [B&F: 0746]

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

Classification

Family:Gelechiidae
Subfamily:Apatetrinae
Genus:Chrysoesthia
Species:drurella
Authority:(Fabricius, 1775)

Local on waste ground, farmland and other open areas throughout much of England, north to Yorkshire, northern Wales, and central Scotland, where it is rare. In Hampshire there are few records of this species, the only recent ones being in the south of the county, at West Park (Rockbourne), Gosport and Fareham; formerly known from Emer Bog and Southsea in the south and Leckford in the north, where the larvae could be found in some quantity. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 8-9 mm. The orange and lead-grey imago is seldom encountered, and the species is more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when larvae may be obtained by sweeping the foodplant. Larva mines leaves of Goosefoot and Orache, 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
West Park (SU11)07/06/2002oneDavid G GreenAdult

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Isle of Wight (SZ57)01/06/1935twoJ W Metcalfe-
Isle of Wight (SZ57)01/06/1936threeJ W Metcalfe-
Isle of Wight (SZ57)01/08/1938oneJ W Metcalfe-
Freshwater (SZ38)08/06/2014oneDave CookeAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
North Baddesley (SU42)20/09/1981-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingLarval
Eastney (SZ69)16/09/1982-J R LangmaidMine
Chandlers Ford (SU42)1999-Brian ElliottAdult
Alver Valley NR (SU50)17/09/2002-J R Langmaid, B ElliottLarval
Fareham (SU50)01/07/2006oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Fareham (SU50)11/08/200610Richard J DicksonMine (vacated)
Hurn (SZ19)25/08/2010oneMike JeffesAdult
Sholing, Southampton (SU41)11/08/2020oneAndrew CollinsAdult
Stanbrige Earls (SU32)08/09/2020oneJon R MilloAdult
Marchwood (SU30)19/07/2022oneChris ThainAdult
Crawley (SU43)30/07/2022oneGlynne EvansAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Martyr Worthy (SU53)01/10/1969-D W H FfennellLarval
Martyr Worthy (SU53)1970-D W H FfennellLarval
Leckford (SU33)1982-D H Sterling, J R LangmaidLarval
East Worldham (SU73)2005oneJonty DentonAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)26/05/2009oneGraham DennisAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)27/08/2016oneGlynne EvansAdult
Farnborough (SU85)13/07/2018oneKeith B WillsAdult
Yateley (SU86)21/05/2020oneJosie HewittAdult
Farnborough (SU85)23/07/2020oneKeith B WillsAdult
Frogmore Community College, Yateley (SU86)09/05/2022twoBen DaleLarval