Photo © Mike Wall

Catoptria verellus

Checklist Number
63.103 [B&F: 1317]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Crambidae
Subfamily:Crambinae
Genus:Catoptria
Species:verellus
Authority:(Zincken, 1817)

Rare immigrant to southern England from mainland Europe. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight there are recent records from Southsea in 2001, Ventnor and Sandy Point in 2006, and two on the Island in 2009. Wingspan 17-18 mm. The scruffiest in appearance of British Crambids, and easily overlooked as a small, dusky C. falsella, or ignored altogether [Goater]. Voucher specimen should be retained for confirmation of identification. Larva feeds on mosses growing on Apple, Plum and Poplar, but there is no evidence of breeding in the UK.

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.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Bonchurch (SZ57)18/07/2006oneJames HalseyAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)31/05/2009oneJames HalseyAdult
Totland (SZ38)30/06/2009oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)30/06/2015oneIain OutlawAdult
Totland (SZ38)04/07/2015oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)06/07/2015oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)07/07/2015oneIain OutlawAdult
Afton Marsh (SZ38)11/07/2016oneIain OutlawAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)18/07/2016oneIain OutlawAdult
Firestone Copse (SZ59)19/07/2016oneIain OutlawAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)22/06/2017oneJames HalseyAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)06/07/2017oneIain OutlawAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)15/07/2017oneIain OutlawAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)28/06/2018oneIain OutlawAdult
Westover Plantation, Calbourne (SZ48)01/07/2018twoJulian ClarkeAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)01/07/2018oneIain OutlawAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)06/07/2018oneIain OutlawAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)25/07/2018oneIain OutlawAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)30/06/2019oneIain OutlawAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)02/07/2019oneJames HalseyAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)13/07/2019oneIain OutlawAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)22/07/2019oneIain OutlawAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)25/06/2020oneIain OutlawAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)07/08/2020oneJames HalseyAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)06/07/2022oneIain OutlawAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)11/07/2022oneJames HalseyAdult
West High Down quarries (SZ38)12/07/2022twoIain OutlawAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)12/07/2022oneJames HalseyAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)15/07/2022twoJames HalseyAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)17/07/2022oneJames HalseyAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Southsea (SZ69)04/07/2001oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Sandy Point (SZ79)02/07/2006oneAndy JohnsonAdult
Southsea (SZ69)23/07/2016oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Shawford (SU42)02/08/2016oneAndrew HardacreAdult
Lymington (SZ39)08/08/2016oneAlec S HarmerAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)30/06/2017oneMaurice OpieAdult
Hurn (SZ19)03/07/2017oneMike JeffesAdult
Hurn (SZ19)07/07/2017oneMike JeffesAdult
Hurn (SZ19)08/07/2017oneMike JeffesAdult
Lymington (SZ39)15/07/2018oneAlec S HarmerAdult
Lymington (SZ39)07/08/2020oneAlec S HarmerAdult
Lymington (SZ39)24/07/2021oneAlec S HarmerAdult
Hurn (SZ19)29/06/2022oneMike JeffesAdult