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Bankesia conspurcatella

Checklist Number
11.007 [B&F: 0182]

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

Classification

Family:Psychidae
Subfamily:Taleporiinae
Genus:Bankesia
Species:conspurcatella
Authority:(Zeller, 1850)

Endangered (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in Hampshire and Kent, where it was rediscovered in 1984, and Yorkshire; recently also found in an urban context in Mynachdy, Cardiff. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. There has been some discussion amongst authors as to the identity of the species found in Britain; formerly it was believed to be Dahlica (Bankesia) douglasii, but presently it is assigned to B. conspurcatella. The adult moths are seen occasionally, but most records are of larval cases. Larva feeds on lichens growing on tree trunks, fence posts and rocks, living within a movable case, 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)

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Fareham (SU50)20/03/1994oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Locks Heath (SU50)10/03/1995oneDavid AppletonAdult
Fareham (SU50)12/03/1995sevenRichard J DicksonAdult
Fareham (SU50)13/03/1995fourRichard J DicksonAdult
Fareham (SU50)19/03/1995oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Fareham (SU50)27/01/1996-Richard J DicksonCase
Fareham (SU50)27/01/1996-J R Langmaid, P H Sterling, R J DicksonCase
Fareham (SU50)21/03/1997-Richard J DicksonAdult
Fareham (SU50)24/02/1998-Richard J DicksonCase
Fareham (SU50)17/03/1998oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Fareham (SU50)18/03/1998fourRichard J DicksonAdult
Fareham (SU50)21/03/2003oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Warsash (SU50)15/03/2011oneDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)10/03/2014threeDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)16/03/2014eightDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)18/03/2014threeDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)08/03/2015-Dan HoughtonLarval tube
Warsash (SU50)09/03/2015twoDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)12/03/2015oneDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)18/03/2015sevenDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)20/03/2015sevenDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)10/03/2016-Dan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)17/03/201720Dan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)13/03/2018fourRichard J DicksonAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)18/03/2019fourDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)18/03/201920Phil BuddAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)23/03/2019-Dan HoughtonCase
Warsash Common (SU50)14/02/202012Dan HoughtonCase
Warsash (SU40)23/02/202012Dan HoughtonCase
Warsash Common (SU50)04/03/2020sevenDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)07/03/202023Dan HoughtonAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)09/03/202025Dan HoughtonAdult
Warsash (SU50)09/03/202012Dan HoughtonAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)24/03/2020threeDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)24/02/2021oneDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)02/03/2021oneAntony TindaleAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)02/03/2021oneAnthony TindaleAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)21/03/202120Richard J DicksonAdult
Hook Valley NR (SU40)21/03/202119Richard J DicksonAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)24/03/2021eightAnthony TindaleAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)27/03/2021fiveDan HoughtonAdult
Warsash Common (SU50)26/02/2022twoDan HoughtonCase
Warsash Common (SU50)05/03/2022threeDan HoughtonCase