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Stathmopoda pedella

Checklist Number
42.002 [B&F: 0877]

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

Classification

Family:Stathmopodidae
Subfamily:Stathmopodinae
Genus:Stathmopoda
Species:pedella
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1761)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp woodland throughout south-eastern England, north to Yorkshire. In Hampshire, it has a patchy and erratic performance, although relatively frequent in Hedge End. First recorded on the Isle of Wight at Freshwater in 2011. Wingspan 10-14 mm. Unmistakable, with remarkable resting posture in which hind legs point upwards, a resting posture shared only by the otherwise dissimilar Schreckensteinia festaliella. Larva feeds on catkins, buds and leaves of Alder and Grey Alder, 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
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Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

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VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Freshwater (SZ38)11/07/2011oneDave CookeAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)29/07/2011oneDave CookeAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)09/07/2015onePhil BardenAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)24/06/2017sixPhil BardenAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)25/06/2017twoPhil BardenAdult
Western Yar (SZ38)26/06/2017onePhil BardenAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)07/07/2018onePhil BardenAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Lower Test Marshes NR (SU31)1992-D H SterlingAdult
Titchfield Common (SU50)19/06/2000oneDavid AppletonAdult
Swanwick HWT NR (SU51)15/06/2002oneDavid AppletonAdult
Titchfield Haven NNR (SU50)27/06/2004twoBarry Duffin, Daniel HoughtonAdult
Titchfield Haven NNR (SU50)29/06/2005oneBarry DuffinAdult
Hookheath Meadows NR, Southwick (SU60)04/07/2005oneJ R Langmaid, R J DicksonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)10/06/2008oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)05/07/2008oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)08/07/2008oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)25/06/2009oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)26/06/2009oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)27/06/2009oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)28/06/2009twoDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)24/06/2010twoDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)25/06/2010oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)26/06/2010threeDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)28/06/2010twoDavid HamiltonAdult
Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR (SU10)29/06/2010oneRobert A ChapmanAdult
Hedge End (SU41)10/07/2010oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)17/07/2010oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)25/06/2011oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)04/07/2011oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR (SU10)11/07/2011oneRobert A ChapmanAdult
Hedge End (SU41)30/06/2012oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Hedge End (SU41)06/07/2012oneDavid HamiltonAdult
Stubbington (SU50)10/07/2015oneDan HoughtonAdult
Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR (SU10)15/07/2015oneRobert A ChapmanAdult
Hill Head (SU50)19/06/2017oneAmy L RobjohnsAdult
Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR (SU10)20/06/2017oneBob ChapmanAdult
Horton Heath (SU41)16/07/2017oneAndrew J BrownAdult
Titchfield Haven NNR (SU50)30/06/2018oneAmy L RobjohnsAdult
Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR (SU10)30/06/2018oneBob ChapmanAdult
Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR (SU10)02/07/2018oneBob ChapmanAdult
Hurn (SZ19)06/07/2019oneMike JeffesAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Leckford Estate (SU33)28/06/1981oneJ R Langmaid, D H, P H SterlingAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)10/07/1986oneJ R Langmaid, D H SterlingAdult
Deadwater Valley (SU83)01/07/2008oneNick MontegriffoAdult
Basingstoke (SU54)04/06/2010oneGlyn HenwoodAdult
Pamber Forest (SU66)20/07/2010oneGraham DennisAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU43)08/07/2013twoStuart BallAdult
Basingstoke (SU65)19/07/2014oneMike WallAdult
Sherborne St John (SU65)16/07/2015oneNick MontegriffoAdult
Anna Valley, Andover (SU34)05/07/2018oneTim NorrissAdult
Fleet Pond (SU85)29/06/2022oneMike HalseyAdult