Species Details

ABH: 37.026

BF: 509

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora violacea

=Coleophora albicornuella

=Coleophora hornigi

Authority: (Ström, 1783)

Vernacular: White-tipped Case-bearer

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in open woodland, parks and scrubland throughout much of Britain, except for the far north of Scotland and the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Larva mines leaves of deciduous trees and shrubs, living within a movable case. The case is very similar to that of C. potentillae.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 9 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (2011) — 24 Jun (2010)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/coleophora-violacea/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2011

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