Species Details

ABH: 37.016

BF: 495

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora spinella

=Coleophora cerasivorella

Authority: (Schrank, 1802)

Vernacular: Apple & Plum Case-bearer

Account: Common in open woodland, scrubland, orchards, gardens and hedgerows throughout much of England and Wales; rare in Ireland Imago separable from C. coracipennella and C. prunifoliae only by dissection of the genitalia. Larva mines leaves of Hawthorn and Apple, living within a movable case; no feature is known for distinguishing cases of the three species, and the moths must therefore be bred and dissected, although cases on Hawthorn are more likely to be those of C. spinella.

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: 10.5 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 Jun (2014) — 1 Aug (2011)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Malus sp. (an apple), Prunus sp., Pyrus sp.

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-spinella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 38

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2018

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