Species Details

ABH: 37.066

BF: 526

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora laricella

Authority: (Hübner, [1817])

Vernacular: Larch Case-bearer

Account: Common in woodland throughout much of the British Isles, except for the extreme north of Scotland, the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland (MBGBI Vol 3) 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 European Larch, living within a movable case, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas.

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 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 29 May (2008) — 26 Jul (2011)

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

Foodplant: Larix kaempferi (Japanese Larch), Larix sp. (a larch).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 20

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2011

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