Bacotia claustrella

Checklist Number
11.010 [B&F: 0183]

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

Classification

Family:Psychidae
Subfamily:Psychinae
Genus:Bacotia
Species:claustrella
Authority:(Bruand, 1845)

Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in woodland in the southern counties of England, as far north as Worcestershire. In Hampshire recorded in recent years only from Fleet, previously known from Havant Thicket, Leckford and Stockbridge Down. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan male 13-15 mm, female wingless. The adult moths are seen occasionally, but most records are of larval cases. Larva feeds on lichens growing on tree trunks, 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
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

No Adult records to show.

Records by week (larval)

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Havant Thicket (SU71)20/03/1996oneJ R Langmaid, D O'KeeffeCase
Havant Thicket (SU71)14/03/1997oneJ R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellCase

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Stockbridge Down (SU33)06/04/1980-J R Langmaid, D H, P H SterlingCase
Stockbridge Down (SU33)16/04/1984oneJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, A M EmmetCase
Leckford Estate (SU33)20/04/1993twoJ R Langmaid, D H SterlingCase
Fleet (SU85)18/03/2006oneRob EdmundsLarval