Species Details

ABH: 37.086

BF: 568

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora versurella

Authority: Zeller, 1849

Vernacular: Pale Orache Case-bearer

Account: Local on saltmarshes, waste ground and farmland in England and Wales, as far north as Co. Durham, and the Isle of Man (MBGBI Vol 3) Imago very similar to C. sternipennella, from which only reliably separated by dissection of the genitalia. Larva feeds on seeds of Orache and Goosefoot, living within a movable case. Case indistinguishable from those of href="accounts.php?taxon=37.083">C. saxicolella, C. sternipennella 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: 11 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Jun (2017) — 14 Aug (2004)

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

Foodplant: Atriplex littoralis (Grass-leaved Orache), Chenopodium sp., Halimione sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2017

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