Species Details

ABH: 37.037

BF: 521a

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora calycotomella

Authority: Stainton, 1869

Vernacular: Surrey Broom Case-bearer

Account: Endangered (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in southern England. Like many of the Coleophora, imagines are virtually impossible to identify without recourse to dissection. Larva mines leaves of Thorny Broom and Broom.

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 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2007) — 1 Jul (2007)

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: pRDB1

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 8

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2007

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