Photo © Glynne Evans

Ethmia quadrillella

Checklist Number
33.002 [B&F: 0719]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Ethmiidae
Subfamily:Ethmiinae
Genus:Ethmia
Species:quadrillella
Authority:(Goeze, 1783)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in fens, marshes, damp woodland, waste ground, gardens and on river-banks in England, as far north as Westmorland and Cumberland, but absent from south-west England and Wales (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). First recorded in Hampshire in 2012, with another in 2018: however 2020 saw a record seven individuals, including the first for VC12 and the Isle of Wight, and it looks set to be a species that will increase in numbers annually. Wingspan 15-19 mm. Larva feeds on shoots and leaves of Common Comfrey, Tuberous Comfrey, Lungwort and Common Gromwell, beneath a silken web, 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
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VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Alverstone to Newchurch cycle path (SZ58)08/06/2020oneRicky AshanollahAdult
Wheelers Bay (SZ57)08/08/2020oneIain OutlawAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)08/08/2020oneJames HalseyAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)09/08/2020oneJames HalseyAdult
Haseley Manor (SZ58)11/08/2020twoIain OutlawAdult
Haseley Manor (SZ58)19/07/2021oneIain OutlawAdult
Osborne Wood (SZ59)18/07/2022twoIain OutlawAdult
Alverstone (SZ58)19/07/2022oneDave FairlambAdult
Alverstone (SZ58)24/07/2022oneDave FairlambAdult
Sandown-Alverstone cycle track (SZ58)02/08/2022oneIain OutlawAdult
Newport (SZ48)10/08/2022oneDebbie PledgeAdult
Newport (SZ48)12/08/2022oneDebbie PledgeAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Totton (SU31)21/08/2012oneLyz & Derek HankinsonAdult
North End (SU60)21/07/2018oneMike WearingAdult
Botley (SU51)13/08/2020oneSue L BaileyAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)18/07/2022oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Botley (SU51)19/07/2022oneSue L BaileyAdult
Sway (SZ29)20/07/2022oneSteve KeenAdult
Swaythling, Southampton (SU41)22/07/2022oneMark EdgellerAdult
Swaythling, Southampton (SU41)29/07/2022oneMark EdgellerAdult
Totton (SU31)30/07/2022oneLyz HankinsonAdult
Hurn (SZ19)03/08/2022twoMike JeffesAdult
Hurn (SZ19)12/08/2022oneMike JeffesAdult
Catisfield (SU50)14/08/2022oneAmy L RobjohnsAdult
Buttsash, Hythe (SU40)14/08/2022oneJuliet BlossAdult
Hurn (SZ19)15/08/2022oneMike JeffesAdult
Hurn (SZ19)17/08/2022oneMike JeffesAdult
Fareham (SU50)09/06/2023oneAntony TindaleAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Chilbolton (SU33)09/08/2020oneSheila EvansAdult
Hammer Vale, Woolmer (SU83)12/08/2021twoAndy SwanAdult
Farnborough (SU85)18/07/2022oneKeith B WillsAdult
Hammer Vale, Woolmer (SU83)01/08/2022oneAndy SwanAdult