Species Details

ABH: 37.032

BF: 515

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora albitarsella

Authority: Zeller, 1849

Vernacular: White-legged Case-bearer

Account: Local in hedgerows, open woodland, fens and downland throughout much of England and Wales, more numerous in the south The pale tarsi that gives the species its scientific name are a ready means of recognition. Larva mines leaves of Wild Basil, Wild Marjoram, Self-heal, Ground-ivy and Mint, living within a movable case; case length 9 mm.

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: 10 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (2007) — 31 Jul (2012)

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

Foodplant: Calamintha sp., Clinopodium sp., Glechoma sp., Labiatae., Origanum sp., Prunella sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 30

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2020

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