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Cydia servillana

Checklist Number
49.339 [B&F: 1256]

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

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Olethreutinae
Genus:Cydia
Species:servillana
Authority:(Duponchel, 1836)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp woodland in parts of England and southern Wales. In Hampshire locally common in locations such as Botley Wood and Havant Thicket in the south, and occasional in the north and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 11-15 mm. A distinctive species among the Olethreutines, C. servillana is reminiscent of the Cochylid species Hysterophora maculosana in general appearance, but is readily distinguished by the presence of an ocellus on the forewing [Bradley]. Imago seldom encountered at light, and more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when galls are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva feeds within young shoots of Goat Willow and Grey Willow, forming slender, fusiform galls, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Shide (SZ58)14/06/1999-David BiggsGall
Bouldnor Copse (SZ39)05/06/2015oneMark HammondAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Browndown Coastal Ranges (SZ59)11/06/1974twoRichard J DicksonAdult
Havant Thicket (SU71)16/03/1975-J R LangmaidGall
Havant Thicket (SU71)17/01/1976twoJ R Langmaid, P J Renshaw, R R PickeringGall
Waterlooville (SU60)22/02/1976-J R LangmaidGall
Havant Thicket (SU71)18/02/1978-J R LangmaidGall
Havant Thicket (SU71)07/02/1981-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingGall
Havant Thicket (SU71)27/01/1983-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingGall
Botley Wood (SU50)12/06/1983-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)02/06/1985oneJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, D H SterlingAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)21/05/1988oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)13/03/1993-J R LangmaidLarval
Southwick (SU60)29/01/1994-J R Langmaid, R J HeckfordGall
Titchfield Common (SU50)09/06/1994oneDavid AppletonAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)19/05/1995-J R Langmaid, B GoaterAdult
Common Meadow (SU51)08/06/2003oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)05/06/2005oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)01/05/2009oneMaurice OpieAdult
Whiteley (SU50)15/05/2011oneDan HoughtonAdult
Titchfield Haven NNR (SU50)27/05/2016oneMaurice OpieAdult
Titchfield Haven NNR (SU50)26/05/2017oneAndy BrownAdult
Dibden Purlieu (SU40)30/06/2018oneBob ChapmanAdult
Woodlands, NF (SU31)30/05/2021-Russell B WynnAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)18/05/2022oneDan HoughtonAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Micheldever (SU54)1971-D W H Ffennell-
Longmoor (SU83)27/02/1988-J R Langmaid, B GoaterGall
Leckford Estate (SU33)28/02/1994oneJ R Langmaid, D H SterlingGall
Fleet (SU75)02/06/2002oneRob EdmundsAdult
Longmoor (SU72)20/03/2005-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellGall
Bramshill Plantation (SU76)02/06/2007oneMike WallAdult
Weston Colley (SU53)04/06/2010oneDavid G GreenAdult
Minley Wood (SU85)09/06/2021oneBen DaleAdult
Minley Wood (SU85)14/06/2021oneBen DaleAdult
Hawley Meadows (SU85)26/05/2022twoBen DaleAdult