Species Details

ABH: 37.014

BF: 494

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora coracipennella

=Coleophora nigricella

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Blackthorn Case-bearer

Account: Local in hedgerows, scrubland and orchards throughout much of Britain, but not in northern Scotland; rare in Wales. Imago separable from C. prunifoliae and C. spinella only by dissection of the genitalia. Larva mines leaves of Blackthorn and Apple, living within a movable case; no feature is known for distinguishing cases of the three species, and the moths must therefore be bred and dissected.

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: 8.5 — 11.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 29 Jun (2004) — 28 Jul (2011)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Malus sp. (an apple), Prunus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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-coracipennella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2016

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