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Coleophora otidipennella (Hübner, [1817])

Wood-rush Case-bearer
37.0720 (B&F: 578)

Synonym(s):
Coleophora murinipennella (Duponchel, [1844])


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Gelechioidea
    »Family: Coleophoridae
      »Subfamily: Gelechiinae
        »Tribe: Hypercalliini

Number of records: 18
Recorded in: 11 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 05 vii 2020
Identification 
difficulty 
: 4Adult: Dissection required
Case: Photo or case and plant/pabulum plus dissected moth required

Resident. Occurs sparingly at mv light in a few places in both vice-counties although unrecorded in the east since 1995. The adult flies from mid April to late May and larvae feed on the seeds of field woodrush (Pratt, 2011).

Coleophora otidipennella
Saltdean, 07 v 2015
Photo: Tim Wilton
Coleophora otidipennella
Saltdean, 24 iv 2014
Photo: Tim Wilton

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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