Photo © David G Green
Pachythelia villosella
Checklist Number11.017 [B&F: 0192]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Psychidae |
| Subfamily: | Oiketicinae |
| Genus: | Pachythelia |
| Species: | villosella |
| Authority: | (Ochsenheimer, 1810) |
Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on acid heathland in parts of Hampshire and Dorset. In Hampshire most recent records are from around Beaulieu Road Station, declining and previously known from a number of heathland areas in the New Forest. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan male 22-28 mm, female wingless. The adult moths are seen occasionally, but most records are of larval cases. Larva feeds on Heather, Bell Heather, various grasses, Birch and Willow, living within a movable case, over-wintering twice.
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 | |
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Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
VC11 South Hampshire
| Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matley Bog, NF (SU30) | 1951 | - | Anon | - |
| Beaulieu Road Station, NF (SU30) | 28/04/1973 | one | Richard J Dickson | Case |
| Beaulieu Road Station, NF (SU30) | 18/06/1977 | two | Phil & Dougie Sterling | Case |
| Beaulieu Road, NF (SU30) | 26/05/1979 | two | J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton | Case |
| Beaulieu Road, NF (SU30) | 08/06/1981 | - | J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, A M Emmet, D J L Agassiz | Case |
| Matley Bog, NF (SU30) | 13/04/1984 | one | J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, A M Emmet, D H Sterling | Case |
| Matley Bog, NF (SU30) | 1986 | one | D H, M J & P H Sterling | Larval |
| Beaulieu Heath (SU30) | 19/06/1986 | - | Tony Pickles | Adult |
| Handy Cross, NF (SU20) | 30/03/1991 | one | J R Langmaid, B Goater | Case |
| Ocknell Plain, NF (SU21) | 06/05/1999 | six | David G Green & Mark Parsons | Larval |
| Stephill Bottom, NF (SU30) | 09/05/2000 | one | David G Green & Mark Parsons | Larval |
| Beaulieu Road, NF (SU30) | 17/06/2000 | six | David G Green | Larval |
| Beaulieu Road Station, NF (SU30) | 29/06/2009 | four | Richard J Dickson | Case |
| Beaulieu Road Station, NF (SU30) | 28/07/2009 | one | Richard J Dickson | Case |
| Brownloaf, NF (SU10) | 09/07/2010 | one | Paul D Brock | Larval |
| Ogden's Purlieu, NF (SU21) | 19/07/2013 | one | Mike Wall | Case |
| Cranes Moor (SU10) | 22/07/2014 | one | Paul D Brock | Larval |
| Burley (SU10) | 23/07/2016 | one | Paul D Brock | Larval |
| Woodley (SU32) | 14/06/2017 | one | Norman Binsted | Larval |
| Shatterford, NF (SU30) | 01/07/2018 | three | Suffolk Moth Group | Larval |
| Shatterford, NF (SU30) | 18/05/2019 | one | Neil Sherman | Larval |
| Beaulieu Road Station (SU30) | 15/09/2020 | one | Rosemary Royle | Larval |
| Ances Wood, NF (SU21) | 02/07/2021 | one | Jonathan Newman | Case |
| Sopley Common (SZ19) | 28/06/2023 | one | Richard Fox | Larval |
| Pig Bush, NF (SU30) | 13/06/2024 | three | Nigel R Jones | Case |
