Photo © Mike Wall

Apotomis sauciana

Checklist Number
49.153 [B&F: 1096]

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:Apotomis
Species:sauciana
Authority:(Frölich, 1828)

Local in woodland and on moorland throughout much of England and Wales, and on moorland between 650 m and 950 m in northern Scotland. In Hampshire it is recorded occasionally in the New Forest and from one or two places in north Hampshire. On the Isle of Wight, there is one record at Newtown in 1975. Wingspan 15-18 mm. In size and general appearance this species is reminiscent of Endothenia gentianaeana, but differs in the generally darker blue-black coloration of the forewing and the smaller and comparatively inconspicuous marking on the submedian fold [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Bilberry, living between shoots spun together with silk.

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
Newtown (SZ49)04/08/1975-C C SmithAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Mallard Wood, NF (SU30)1982-Anon-
Holmsley Inclosure, NF (SU20)1982-John R Langmaid-
Holidays Hill Inclosure (SU20)1982-Anon-
Wooson's Hill, NF (SU20)1982-Phil Sterling-
Wooson's Hill, NF (SU20)02/05/1982-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingLarval
Mallard Wood, NF (SU30)03/07/1982-J R Langmaid, D H, M J SterlingAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)28/07/2012oneKeith GodfreyAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Yateley Common (SU85)07/06/1994oneTony DavisAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)05/07/2017twoGraham J DennisAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)25/06/2020fiveGraham J DennisAdult

VC22 West Berkshire (Hants county)

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Mortimer West End (SU66)16/07/1994oneGraham DennisAdult
Mortimer West End (SU66)26/06/2010oneGraham DennisAdult
Mortimer West End (SU66)26/06/2012oneGraham DennisAdult