Photo © Mike Wall

Cydia conicolana

Checklist Number
49.330 [B&F: 1269]

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

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Olethreutinae
Genus:Cydia
Species:conicolana
Authority:(Heylaerts, 1874)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in pine woodland and areas with scattered pine trees throughout southern England and southern Wales. There are scattered records from Hampshire with, on average, two records annually in recent years. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight since 1949. Wingspan 10-12 mm. Distinguished from the much rarer C. coniferana by the narrow, transverse, metallic bluish plumbeous antemedian band and the lack of a medio-dorsal blotch [Bradley]. Larva feeds within cones of Scots Pine and Corsican 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
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Freshwater (SZ38)1949oneK G BlairAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)1983-Anon-
Denny Wood, NF (SU30)1984-D H, M J & P H Sterling-
Beaulieu Road, NF (SU30)13/04/1984-J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, A M Emmet, D H SterlingEmergence holes
Beaulieu Road, NF (SU30)26/12/1986-J R Langmaid, D H, P H, M J SterlingLarval
Dockens Water, Ringwood (SU10)04/02/1989-J R Langmaid, D H, P H SterlingEmergence holes
Botley Wood (SU50)15/04/1991-Richard J Dickson-
Botley Wood (SU50)16/03/1992-Richard J Dickson-
Horsea Island (SU60)17/06/2005oneMaurice OpieAdult
Horsea Island (SU60)17/06/2005oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Southampton (SU41)18/06/2005onePhil BuddAdult
Fareham (SU50)25/04/2007oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)17/05/2007oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)31/05/2008oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Fareham (SU50)02/02/2009oneRichard J DicksonDead
Catisfield (SU50)22/04/2009oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Barton-on-Sea (SZ29)14/06/2011oneSteve KeenAdult
Dockens Water, Ringwood (SU11)02/06/2012twoChris LewisAdult
Avon Heath CP (SU10)17/05/2013oneJ R Langmaid, M R, J E Young, B ElliottEmergence holes
Ashurst, NF (SU31)09/05/2015oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)15/05/2015oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)22/05/2015oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Fareham (SU50)27/05/2017oneKeith WheelerAdult
Romsey (SU32)03/06/2018oneMike BakerAdult
Sway (SZ29)26/05/2020oneSteve KeenAdult
Southampton (SU41)27/05/2020oneMark G PainterAdult
Southampton (SU41)12/06/2021oneMark G PainterAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Longmoor (SU73)07/04/1985-J R Langmaid, D H, M J SterlingLarval
Longmoor (SU83)27/02/1988-J R Langmaid, B GoaterLarval
Yateley Common (SU85)26/03/1993-J R Langmaid, B GoaterEmergence holes
Kempshott (SU54)29/05/2003oneGlyn HenwoodAdult
Longmoor (SU72)20/03/2005twoJ R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellEmergence holes
Fleet (SU85)16/02/2006twoRob EdmundsLarval feeding signs
Sherborne St John (SU65)10/06/2006oneNick MontegriffoAdult
Fleet (SU75)07/06/2007oneRob EdmundsAdult
Fleet (SU85)03/03/2008twoRob EdmundsEmergence holes
Old Down, Kempshott (SU54)24/05/2012oneGlyn HenwoodAdult
Andover (SU34)03/02/2017-Graeme DavisLarval feeding signs
Andover (SU34)04/02/2017-Graeme DavisLarval feeding signs
Newtown Common (SU46)15/04/2017-Graeme DavisLarval feeding signs
Yateley (SU86)27/05/2017oneJosie HewittAdult
Andover (SU34)15/02/2018-Graeme DavisLarval feeding signs
Farnborough (SU85)09/05/2022oneKeith B WillsAdult