Species Details

ABH: 37.109

BF: 527

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora wockeella

Authority: Zeller, 1849

Vernacular: Betony Case-bearer

Account: Endangered (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in woodland rides in parts of southern England, where last recorded in Surrey, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight since 1850 and never in Hampshire. Wingspan 18-22 mm. 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 Betony, living within a movable 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: 18 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Stachys officinalis.

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

Status: pRDB1

UK BAP:

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify, an image may be required 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/coleophora-wockeella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 16

Individuals: 54

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2008

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