Species Details

ABH: 37.063

BF: 544

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora albicosta

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Gorse Case-bearer

Account: Common in rough grassland, downland and heathland throughout much of the British Isles Imago is one of the more easily recognisable species, and well-marked specimens may safely be identified without recourse to dissection. Larva feeds within seedpods of Gorse, living within a movable case.

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: 12 — 15.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Apr (2007) — 3 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant: Ulex europaeus (Gorse).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/coleophora-albicosta/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 33

Individuals: 14

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2025

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