Species Details

ABH: 37.040

BF: 524

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora lithargyrinella

Authority: Zeller, 1849

Vernacular: Stitchwort Case-bearer

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 25 Jun (2009) — 25 Jun (2009)

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

Foodplant: Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion), Stellaria holostea (Greater Stitchwort).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2009

Latest Year: 2009

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