Photo © Dave Cooke

Rhopobota stagnana

Checklist Number
49.221 [B&F: 1161]

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

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Olethreutinae
Genus:Rhopobota
Species:stagnana
Authority:([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp woodland and pastures (on Devil's-bit Scabious) and downland (on Small Scabious) throughout much of the British Isles. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight mainly confined to chalk downland sites such as Martin Down and Portsdown, and somewhat erratic in appearance. Wingspan 12-18 mm. The male differs from R. myrtillana by its larger size and the more uniform pale grey general coloration of the forewing; the female is often similar in size but can be distinguished by its relatively narrow and pointed forewing and the diffuse and obtusely angulated basal patch [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Small Scabious and Devil's-bit Scabious.

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)

No Larval records to show.

VC8 Wiltshire (Hants county)

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Martin Down NNR (SU01)05/05/1990-Darch, Taylor, Lancaster, Greenway, Blunt, Cartwright Bishop-
Martin Down NNR (SU01)06/05/1990-Darch, Taylor, Lancaster, Greenway, Blunt, Cartwright Bishop-
Martin Down NNR (SU01)22/05/2004twoDavid G GreenAdult
Martin Down NNR (SU01)24/05/2004fiveDavid G GreenAdult
Martin Down NNR (SU02)24/05/2004sixDavid G GreenAdult
Martin Down NNR (SU01)03/08/2021-Paul BowyerAdult

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Brading Down (SZ58)1856-IWGAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)1856-IWGAdult
Ventnor (SZ57)1880-SouthAdult
Ventnor (SZ57)01/04/1928twoE G R WatersAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)1948-K G BlairAdult
Tennyson Down (SZ38)06/08/1987-J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonAdult
Totland (SZ38)07/06/2004oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)25/07/2009oneDave CookeAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)17/04/2010oneDave CookeAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)18/04/2010oneDave CookeAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)15/05/2010oneDave CookeAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)24/07/2010oneDave CookeAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)07/08/2010oneDave CookeAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)06/08/2013twoDave CookeAdult
Limerstone Down (SZ48)19/04/2017oneGeorge TordoffAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)12/07/2017onePhil BardenAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)29/07/2017sixDave CookeAdult
Brook Down (SZ38)09/07/2018twoPhil BardenAdult
Shanklin Upper Chine (SZ58)03/08/2018oneIain OutlawAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Portsdown (SU60)01/05/1986oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Portsdown (SU60)23/04/1987threeJ R Langmaid, D H SterlingAdult
Portsdown (SU60)09/05/1987oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Portsdown (SU60)23/05/1987twoJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonAdult
Portsdown (SU60)01/05/1989threeRichard J DicksonAdult
Portsdown (SU60)01/05/1989-J R Langmaid, R J DicksonAdult
Oxenbourne Down (SU71)25/05/1993oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Broughton Down (SU23)1994-Norman Binsted-
Broughton Down (SU23)1995-Norman BinstedAdult
Beacon Hill NNR, Exton (SU62)20/07/2000-J R Langmaid, I R Thirlwell, B ElliottAdult
Southsea (SZ69)22/07/2002oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Southsea (SZ69)25/07/2002oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Southsea (SZ69)17/07/2004oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Portsdown (SU60)26/07/2004oneJ R Langmaid, M R, J E YoungAdult
The Moors NR, Bishop's Waltham (SU51)22/07/2005oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)29/07/2005oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Southsea (SZ69)23/07/2010oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Westbury Park (SU62)27/04/2011oneMaurice OpieAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)13/07/2011oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Winchester (SU42)30/06/2015oneTim WalkerAdult
Winchester (SU42)23/06/2020oneTim WalkerAdult
Fareham (SU50)2021oneRichard J DicksonAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)24/05/1976oneDavid AppletonAdult
Harewood Forest (SU44)04/06/2004-David G GreenAdult
Leckford Golf Course (SU33)14/04/2011fourGlynne EvansAdult
Weston Colley (SU53)24/07/2012oneDavid G GreenAdult
Leckford Golf Course (SU33)12/04/2015oneGlynne EvansAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)01/05/2021twoBen DaleAdult
Noar Hill HIWWT NR, Selborne (SU73)04/08/2021oneBen DaleAdult