Species Details

ABH: 37.035

BF: 517

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora alcyonipennella

Authority: (Kollar, 1832)

Vernacular: Clover Case-bearer

Account: Local on rough grassland and waste ground, although the exact status and distribution of this species is unclear due to past confusion with C. frischella, which is very similar and can only be separated through dissection of the genitalia Larva feeds within seedheads of White Clover, 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: 11.5 — 14.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 29 Apr (2011) — 19 Sep (2010)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 34

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2018

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