Species Details

ABH: 37.044

BF: 547

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora discordella

Authority: Zeller, 1849

Vernacular: Lotus Case-bearer

Account: Common in rough grassland, downland and woodland clearings and in marshes and other damp places throughout much of the British Isles, except the Shetland Islands Like many of the Coleophora, imagines are virtually impossible to identify without recourse to dissection, and the larvae, which live in cases of characteristic form and which can sometimes be found on the foodplant, may be easier to identify by comparison against a reference collection. Larva mines leaves of Common Bird's-foot Trefoil and Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, 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 — 12.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (2012) — 3 Sep (2010)

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

Foodplant: Lotus sp. (a bird's-foot-trefoil).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/coleophora-discordella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 15

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2020

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