Photo © Mike Wall

Caryocolum blandella

Checklist Number
35.133 [B&F: 0832]

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

Classification

Family:Gelechiidae
Subfamily:Gelechiinae
Genus:Caryocolum
Species:blandella
Authority:(Douglas, 1852)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in hedgerows and woodland throughout much of England, Wales and southern Ireland. In Hampshire has been recorded in the past from the Avon Valley, in the vicinity of Portsmouth Harbour, and around Selborne. On the Isle of Wight, the first recent records for some years were received from Freshwater in 1997 and 2000. Wingspan 9.5-14.5 mm. C. blandulella is generally smaller and whiter and lacks a distinct row of terminal spots; C. blandelloides, C. kroesmanniella and C. huebneri lack the very dark bar from costa to fold which completely obscures the costal and plical spots (MBGBI Vol 4 part 2). Larva feeds on shoots of Greater Stitchwort, subsequently feeding on the seed heads.

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
Sandown (SZ58)1893-IWGAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)1900-K G BlairAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)17/06/1997-Sam Knill-JonesAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)26/07/2000-Sam Knill-JonesAdult
Shorwell (SZ48)17/06/2009oneDavid BiggsAdult
Godshill (SZ58)14/06/2012-Brian ElliottLarval

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Browndown (SZ59)07/05/1990-J R Langmaid, R J DicksonLarval
Merritown Heath (SZ19)26/07/1993oneJ R Langmaid, R J Heckford, P H SterlingAdult
Southwick (SU60)17/03/1997-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellLarval
Burton Meadows (SZ19)17/07/2005onePeter A DaveyAdult
Sandy Point LNR (SZ79)25/07/2006-J W Phillips, B Elliott & T PicklesAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Selborne (SU73)13/06/1996oneAlasdair AstonAdult
Shortheath Common (SU73)07/08/1999twoJ R Langmaid, R J HeckfordAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)25/08/2016oneGraham J DennisAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)22/08/2017oneGraham J DennisAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)03/09/2018oneGraham J DennisAdult
Great Haughurst Copse, Axmansford (SU56)20/08/2021oneAndy C BoltonAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)29/07/2022threeGraham J DennisAdult
Basingstoke (SU54)10/08/2022oneGlyn HenwoodAdult