Species Details

ABH: 37.051

BF: 537

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora kuehnella

=Coleophora lamellifera

=Coleophora palliatella

Authority: (Goeze, 1783)

Vernacular: Cloaked Case-bearer

Account: Local in oak woodland and oak scrub throughout England. Sparsely recorded in Hampshire, and more frequent in the southern half. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight since 1900. Wingspan 14-17 mm. As an adult, the main confusion species are C. betulella, in which the costal cilia are not tipped white, and C. ibipennella, which shares the white-tipped cilia of C. kuehnella, but which is normally smaller and has the base of the cilia blackish rather than grey (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva mines leaves of Oak, living within a distinctive case with a characteristic 'bubble' appearance; case length 8 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: 14 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Jun (2004) — 7 Jul (2000)

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-kuehnella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2024

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