Species Details

ABH: 37.084

BF: 566

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora sternipennella

=Coleophora flavaginella

Authority: (Zetterstedt, 1839)

Vernacular: Goosefoot Case-bearer

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on waste ground, farmland and rough ground in England, south of a line from The Wash to the Severn estuary, but also in the north-eastern counties, North Wales and the Isle of Man (MBGBI Vol 3) Imago very similar to C. saxicolella, from which only reliably separated by dissection of the genitalia. Larva feeds on seeds of Fat-hen, living within a movable case. Case indistinguishable from those of C. saxicolella, C. versurella and C. vestianella.

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 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 Jul (2013) — 19 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant: Atriplex sp., Chenopodium sp.

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-sternipennella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2013

Latest Year: 2013

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