Photo © Rob Edmunds

Paracrania chrysolepidella

Checklist Number
02.002 [B&F: 0007]

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

Classification

Family:Eriocraniidae
Subfamily:Eriocraniinae
Genus:Paracrania
Species:chrysolepidella
Authority:(Zeller, 1851)

Local in woodland, hedgerows and scrub in southern England and also the Burren in Ireland. In Hampshire very local in deciduous woodland, particularly from Botley Wood in the 1970s, but there have been no mainland records for over a decade. A first record from the Isle of Wight in 2020 was therefore a surprise. Wingspan 9-13 mm. Very similar to E. cicatricella from which separated only by dissection of the genitalia. Larva mines leaves of Hornbeam and Hazel, 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
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
Shanklin (SZ58)02/04/2020oneIain OutlawAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Queen Elizabeth CP (SU71)1800-John R LangmaidAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)1974-John R Langmaid-
Botley Wood (SU51)20/04/1974oneDavid M AppletonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)20/04/1974oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)28/03/1976-Richard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)28/03/197620John R Langmaid, Richard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)28/03/1976-J R Langmaid, R J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)04/04/1976-J R LangmaidAdult
Queen Elizabeth Country Park (SU71)11/04/1976-J R LangmaidAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)15/04/1976oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)15/04/1976oneR J Dickson, D AppletonAdult
Itchen Abbas (SU52)04/06/1976-D W H FfennellMine (vacated)
Hen Wood, East Meon (SU62)15/05/1988-John R LangmaidLarval
Hen Wood, East Meon (SU62)15/05/1988-J R LangmaidMine
Chilling Copse, Warsash (SU50)20/05/1994oneJ R Langmaid, P M PottsMine (vacated)
Wickham Common (SU51)08/04/2000oneRichard J Dickson-
Crab Wood, Sparsholt (SU42)05/05/2007-J R Langmaid, M R, J E YoungMine (vacated)
Crab Wood NR (SU42)30/05/2008-David G GreenLarval
Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR (SU10)25/04/2010oneRobert A ChapmanAdult
Thatcher's Copse (SU50)13/05/2021sixDan HoughtonMine

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Abbotstone Down (SU53)01/06/1993-J R Langmaid, D H Sterling, R J B HoareMine (vacated)
Church Crookham (SU75)24/05/2003fourRob EdmundsLarval
Fleet (SU75)26/04/2004oneRob EdmundsAdult