Species Details

ABH: 37.005

BF: 490

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora lutipennella

Authority: (Zeller, 1838)

Vernacular: Oak Case-bearer

Account: Common in oak woodland, woodland rides and areas with scattered trees throughout much of England, Wales and southern Scotland Imago very similar to C. flavipennella. 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 Oak, living within a movable case, which differs from that of C. flavipennella in having leaf material at the back end of the 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: 10 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2009) — 4 Aug (2007)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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-lutipennella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 56

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2023

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