Photo © Keith Tailby

Incurvaria praelatella

Checklist Number
08.004 [B&F: 0132]

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

Classification

Family:Incurvariidae
Subfamily:Incurvariinae
Genus:Incurvaria
Species:praelatella
Authority:([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Local in clearings in damp woodland throughout the British Isles. In Hampshire only recorded regularly from Botley Wood, with a handful of records elsewhere in the county and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 11-14 mm. Characterised by small streak at base of wing, narrow, occasionally broken, fascia at one third, and yellow head. Larva mines leaves of Wild Strawberry, living within a movable case.

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)

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VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Parkhurst Forest (SZ49)28/05/1973-Richard J DicksonAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)23/07/1984oneJim M ChevertonAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
NF (SU20)1900-Unknown-
Brockenhurst (SU30)1920-W Fassnidge-
Southampton (SU41)1920-W Fassnidge-
Lyndhurst (SU30)1960-David J L Agassiz-
Itchen Valley CP (SU42)1960-D W H Ffennell-
Botley Wood (SU50)19/06/1974twoRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)01/07/1978-Richard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)01/07/1978-J R Langmaid et al Adult
West Wood, Sparsholt (SU42)20/06/1982oneJ R Langmaid, D H SterlingAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)12/07/1994oneJ R Langmaid, P M Potts, P WaringAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)04/07/1995oneJ R Langmaid, B GoaterAdult
Roydon Woods HIWWT NR, NF (SU30)27/04/1998-Phil BuddAdult
Roydon Woods HIWWT NR, NF (SU30)20/05/1998-Phil BuddAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)28/06/2004oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)08/06/2005oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)17/06/2005oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)21/06/2005oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)23/06/2005oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)25/05/2007oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)04/06/2007oneKeith WheelerAdult
Mottisfont (SU32)13/05/2009oneGlynne EvansAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)23/06/2009oneKeith WheelerAdult
Hen Wood (SU62)04/06/2010oneMaurice OpieAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)29/05/2012oneMaurice OpieAdult
Bournemouth (SZ19)12/07/2013oneDavid EvansAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)17/06/2014oneMaurice OpieAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)21/06/2016oneMaurice OpieAdult
Hen Wood (SU62)08/07/2016oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)29/06/2018oneMaurice OpieAdult
Winter Down Copse, Little Somborne (SU33)17/06/2022oneGlynne EvansAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Armsworth (SU63)1975oneD W H FfennellAdult
Harewood Forest (SU44)07/06/1997oneDavid G GreenAdult
Bentley Station Meadow (SU74)2000oneJonty DentonAdult
Harewood Peak (SU44)03/06/2001-David G GreenAdult
Micheldever Wood (SU53)29/05/2003-Julian ClarkeAdult
Ashford Hill Meadows (SU56)14/06/2008oneMike Wall & Alison CrossAdult
Cheriton (SU52)15/05/2011onePatrick FleetAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)07/06/2016oneGraham J DennisAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)22/05/2017oneGlynne EvansAdult
Chilbolton (SU43)24/05/2017sevenGlynne EvansAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)30/05/2017oneGraham J DennisAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)23/05/2018oneGraham J DennisAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)23/05/2018oneMark Hammond, Keith Tailby, Peter Clarke, Graham DennisAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)26/05/2018oneGraham J DennisAdult
Crawley (SU43)31/05/2021oneGlynne EvansAdult
Chilbolton (SU43)06/05/2022nineGlynne EvansAdult
Crawley (SU43)26/05/2022oneGlynne EvansAdult