Photo © Mike Wall

Pine Bud Moth

Pseudococcyx turionella

Checklist Number
49.300 [B&F: 1209]

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:turionella
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in pine woodland throughout much of southern England and Scotland. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight whilst concentrated in the New Forest, this species has turned up in Scots Pine woodland in other scattered locales. Wingspan 14-21 mm. Reminiscent of Clavigesta purdeyi in general appearance but readily distinguished by its much larger size, the ochreous-orange labial palpi and head and the white, infuscate hindwings [Bradley]. Larva feeds on buds of Scots Pine and Lodgepole Pine, causing some damage by selecting the central bud of a shoot, thereby aborting it.

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
Totland (SZ38)25/05/1991-Sam Knill-JonesAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Southsea (SZ69)10/06/1975oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Southsea (SZ69)31/05/1978oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Stoney Cross, NF (SU21)30/03/1991oneJ R Langmaid, B GoaterLarval
Fareham (SU50)14/05/1998oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Sopley Common (SZ19)12/05/2000-Phil SterlingAdult
Winchester (SU42)30/08/2007oneTim WalkerAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)23/04/2011oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Brockenhurst, NF (SU20)25/04/2011oneRussell B WynnAdult
Curdridge (SU51)22/07/2013oneRobert A ChapmanAdult
Milford on Sea (SZ29)25/08/2014oneMary MacmillanAdult
Milford on Sea (SZ29)30/08/2014fourMary MacmillanAdult
Milford on Sea (SZ29)31/08/2014fourMary MacmillanAdult
Milford on Sea (SZ29)01/09/2014oneMary MacmillanAdult
Milford on Sea (SZ29)05/09/2014twoMary MacmillanAdult
Milford on Sea (SZ29)07/09/2014oneMary MacmillanAdult
Milford on Sea (SZ29)16/09/2014oneMary MacmillanAdult
Milford on Sea (SZ29)17/09/2014oneMary MacmillanAdult
Itchen Valley CP (SU41)30/05/2016-Mark D HamptonAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Selborne (SU73)1993-Alasdair AstonAdult
Yateley Common (SU85)14/05/1994oneTony DavisAdult
Yateley Common (SU85)18/05/1994twoTony DavisAdult
Fleet (SU75)11/05/2004oneRob EdmundsAdult
Cove (SU85)02/05/2009oneRichard EaglingAdult
Basingstoke (SU65)10/05/2009oneMike WallAdult
Basingstoke (SU64)22/05/2010twoTony DobsonAdult
Basingstoke (SU65)23/04/2011oneMike WallAdult
Basingstoke (SU54)24/05/2012oneGlyn HenwoodAdult
Warren Hill, Liss Forest (SU72)08/05/2020oneRichard J MooreAdult
Whitehill (SU73)22/05/2023oneAndy StockerAdult