Photo © Stephen Rolls

Cereal Stem Moth

Ochsenheimeria vacculella

Checklist Number
17.016 [B&F: 0253]

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

Classification

Family:Ypsolophidae
Subfamily:Ochsenheimeriinae
Genus:Ochsenheimeria
Species:vacculella
Authority:Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1842

Nationally scarce (Na) in open woodland, grassland and around arable fields, sometimes exploiting outhouses, in which it may aestivate, in parts of England. In Hampshire the only good records are of one at Southwick in 1987 and of several moths together under the bark of a larch on Teg Down in 1990. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan male 11-12 mm, female 12-14 mm. Larva mines stems and leaves of Rye, Perennial Rye-grass, Sheep's-fescue and various grasses, over-wintering as an egg.

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)

No Larval records to show.

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Southwick (SU60)19/07/1987oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Teg Down, Winchester (SU42)02/09/1990eightJ R Langmaid, R J B HoareAdult