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Ectoedemia rubivora

Checklist Number
04.097 [B&F: 0031]

Verification
Record requires retention of specimen until confirmed, and may require dissection. Consult with CMR if unsure

Classification

Family:Nepticulidae
Subfamily:Nepticulinae
Genus:Ectoedemia
Species:rubivora
Authority:(Wocke, 1860)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in woodland, marshes, river-banks and other fresh-water margins throughout much of south-eastern England north to Lincolnshire, and in Ireland on the Burren. Very rarely recorded in Hampshire, where known from just a handful of sites. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan male 4.6-5.7 mm, female 4.6-6.0 mm. Imago separated from other Rosaceae feeding Ectoedemia by the black head in both sexes, but adults not bred from mines and encountered in light traps are unlikely to be identifiable without dissection of the genitalia. Adults difficult to distinguish from other Ectoedemia species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Dewberry and Bramble, over-wintering as a pupa.

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
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Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

No Adult records to show.

Records by week (larval)

VC8 Wiltshire (Hants county)

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
West Park (SU11)02/12/2001-David G GreenLarval
West Park (SU11)23/10/2002-David G GreenLarval
Martin Down NNR (SU01)17/11/2005-David G GreenLarval

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Bishops Waltham (SU51)1959-D W H FfennellMine
West Wood, Sparsholt (SU42)14/10/1984-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingMine
Pitt Down, Sparsholt (SU42)01/12/1985-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingMine (vacated)
West Wood, Sparsholt (SU42)18/10/1986-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingMine
East Meon (SU62)16/10/1988-D H Sterling, J R LangmaidMine
West Wood, Sparsholt (SU42)30/09/1990-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingMine
West Meon (SU62)09/10/2001-J R Langmaid, B ElliottMine
Hen Wood, East Meon (SU62)07/10/2004-J R Langmaid, B ElliottMine
Hen Wood (SU62)13/08/2009oneRichard J DicksonMine (vacated)
Hen Wood, East Meon (SU62)17/10/2011-J R Langmaid, M R YoungMine
Buriton Chalk Pit (SU71)19/07/2012-Phil BuddMine
Hen Wood, East Meon (SU62)08/10/2014-J R Langmaid, M R YoungMine
Hen Wood, East Meon (SU62)20/10/2015-J R Langmaid, B ElliottMine
West Meon (SU62)28/11/202115Tony DavisMine (vacated)

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Lower Wield (SU64)1973-D W H FfennellMine
Leckford Estate (SU33)13/10/1985-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingMine
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)13/10/1996oneDavid G GreenLarval
Pyestock (SU85)01/09/2001-Rob EdmundsMine
Fleet (SU85)01/09/2001-Rob EdmundsLarval
Butterwood, Greywell (SU75)07/11/2010-J R Langmaid, R J Dickson, M J Wall, A H Dobson, P A BosweMine (vacated)