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Aphelia viburnana Bilberry Tortrix

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
28 Jul 2024 Saltersley Moss SJ8180 Adult 1 SJ818805
19 Jul 2024 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 1 Gen Det M
24 Jun 2024 Werneth Low SJ9693 Adult 1 Genitalia checked. off bilberry
07 Jun 2022 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Adult 1 SJ903637. Confirmed on Cheshire Moth Group on Facebook.
28 Feb 2021 Brushes Valley SJ9999 Larval 1 Larva in spinning on bilberry
02 Jun 2020 Wood Moss SJ9969 Adult 2
10 Jul 2019 Dane Road, Sale SJ800923 Adult 1
27 Jun 2019 Cluse Hay, Lyme Handley SJ9681 Adult 1 off bilberry
29 Jun 2018 Knowle Close, Great Sutton SJ381751 Adult 1 Genitalia checked by Recorder
25 Jun 2018 Mow Cop SJ8557 Adult 1
07 Jun 2018 Moor Edge Road, Mossley SD9801 Adult 1
03 Jun 2018 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Adult 1 centroid grid reference provided SJ903637, determined from photo
25 Mar 2017 Taxal Moor SJ9979 Larval 1 SJ999799. Found on bilberries 25/03/2017, emerged 8/5/2017
30 Jul 2016 Carrbrook, Mossley SD9801 Adult 1
18 Jul 2016 Lindow Common SJ8381 Adult 1 SJ834812
06 Jul 2016 Carrbrook, Mossley SD9801 Adult 1
12 Jul 2015 Billinge Quarry, Rainow SJ9577 Adult 1
25 Jul 2014 Holme Moss SE0804 Adult 2
11 Jul 2014 Woodhead SK1199 Adult 1
20 Jun 2014 Heyden Moor SE0902 Adult 2
20 Jun 2014 Withens Brook SE0901 Adult 4
18 Jun 2014 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Adult 5
18 Jun 2014 Bosley Cloud SJ8963 Adult 1
25 Jun 2013 Yarnshaw Hill SJ9870 Adult 30
21 Jul 2012 Errwood Hall SK0074 Adult 1
12 Jul 2012 Hoo Moor SK0076 Adult 4
21 Jun 2010 Longside, Disley SJ9983 Adult 2
21 Jun 2010 Longside, Disley SJ9982 Adult 2
10 Jun 2007 Whaley Moor SJ9882 Adult 3
10 Jun 2007 Whaley Moor SJ9881 Adult 1
10 Jun 2007 Cock-knoll, Disley SJ9782 Adult 2
19 Jul 2006 Westover, Romiley SJ931900 Adult 1 Genitalia checked. photo in annual report
15 Jul 2006 Tegg's Nose Country Park SJ9472 Adult 3
09 Jul 2005 Chadkirk Farm (behind house and next to Chapel) SJ940903 Adult 1 Genitalia checked.
07 Jul 2003 Pym chair SJ9976 Adult 16
24 Jun 2000 Bickerton Hill SJ5053 Adult 1 SJ503530
18 Jun 2000 Ellibancke Farm, Newtown SJ9984 Adult 3 amongst bilberry
17 Jun 2000 Walkerwood Reservoir surrounds SJ9898 Adult 1+
16 May 1999 Hazel Grove Golf Course SJ9386 Larval 1+ in spun Genista tinctoria & Potentilla erecta, emerged 5.6.1999+
08 Jul 1997 Pot Bank, Congleton Edge SJ8759 Adult 1+ few
08 Jul 1997 Congleton Edge SJ8658 Adult 1+ few
18 Jul 1996 Goyt's Clough SK0173 Larval 1+
18 Jul 1996 Windgather Rocks SJ9978 Larval 1+ in the quarry near this site
18 Jul 1996 Stake Side, Goyt Valley SK0073 Adult 1+ few
17 Jul 1996 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Adult 1+ few
17 Jul 1996 Bosley Cloud SJ8963 Adult 2
11 Jul 1996 Brockholes Wood Reserve SE0700 Adult 1+ a few
07 Jul 1996 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1
25 Dec 1995 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Larval 1 Genitalia checked. Emerged 1/5/1996. grid reference not provided
08 Jul 1995 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Adult 5
25 Jun 1995 Hoo Moor Plantation SK0177 Adult 1
25 Jun 1995 Hoo Moor Plantation SK0077 Adult 10 10+
03 Jul 1994 The Scaurs SJ9971 Adult 1
29 Jun 1993 Midfield, Rainow SJ9779 Adult 1+ few
29 Jun 1992 Bowstones SJ9781 Adult 1+ several
17 Jun 1992 The Tors SJ9974 Adult 1
17 Jun 1992 Shining Tor SJ9973 Adult 2
09 Jun 1992 Longside, Disley SJ9982 Adult 1
21 Jul 1991 Crowden SK0699 Adult 3
30 Jun 1991 Longdendale SK0398 Adult 1
30 Jun 1991 Tintwistle Low Moor SK0298 Adult 3
27 Jun 1990 Hobson Moor SJ9997 Adult 3
1988 Bickerton/Larkton Hill SJ4952 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown.
1975 Helsby Hill SJ4975 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown
10 Jun 1970 Helsby SJ4875 Adult 1 Specimen in recorders collection. Grid reference not provided
09 Jun 1970 Helsby SJ4875 Adult 1 Specimen in recorders collection. Grid reference not provided
28 Jun 1962 Tegg's Nose SJ9472 Adult 1 site Macclesfield, could be here but grid reference not provided
14 Jul 1957 Goyt Valley SK0172 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
19 Jul 1956 Whitegate SJ6269 Adult 1 site Delamere, could be here but grid reference not provided
02 May 1954 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Larval 1+ with A Creaser, R G Warren, grid reference not provided
03 May 1953 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Larval 1+ emerged 9/6, 12/6, 16/6/1953, grid reference not provided
1951 Stretton Moss SJ6382 Not recorded 1+ undated. Boyd (1951)
1950 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
18 Jun 1949 Whitegate SJ6269 Adult 1 site Delamere, could be here but grid reference not provided
1948 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1+ date and grid reference unknown. Michaelis (unpublished March 1949)
1948 Rudheath Woods SJ7470 Not recorded 1+ Rudheath, common, date and grid reference unknown. Michaelis (unpublished March 1949)
1948 Goyt Valley SK0172 Not recorded 1+ date and grid reference unknown. Michaelis (unpublished March 1949)
1948 Disley SJ9784 Not recorded 1+ date and grid reference unknown. Michaelis (unpublished March 1949)
11 May 1947 Bosley Cloud SJ9063 Larval 1+ on bilberry, emerged 7/6, 8/6, 16/6, 22/6/1947
1940 Wybunbury Moss SJ6950 Not recorded 1+
1922 Goyt Valley SK0172 Not recorded 1 Goyt Valley area including Taxal & Goyt Moss, all in grid reference SK07. No detailed grid reference or date provided
1920 Abbots Moss SJ5968 Adult 1+
26 Jun 1915 Newchurch Common SJ6068 Adult 1 Tortrix viburnana. Man Ent Soc 13:13, grid reference not provided
1912 Whitegate SJ6269 Adult 11 site Delamere, could be here but grid reference not provided
05 Jul 1908 Whitegate SJ6269 Adult 3 T. viburnana - several males on Whitegate Heath, Entom. 42:139-141, LCES 33:30, grid reference not provided. county status: common on the mosses and moorlands. Mansbridge (1940)
1889 Chester SJ4065 Adult 1+ grid reference not provided. Entom. 23:61-65
1858 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ Totrix viburnana, near Bowdon, The Zool. 16:6214, grid reference not provided
1854 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ grid reference and date unknown. Taken principally in the larva state, feeding upon Centaurea nigra. Very seldon taken flying. Byerley (1854)
1845 Stockport SJ8989 Adult 1 Tortrix viburnana, scarce, in pastures, The Zool. 4:1220, grid reference not provided


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Updated: 19th April 2025