Sussex Moth Group: Coleophora alticolella

Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849

Common Rush Case-bearer
37.0730 (B&F: 584)

Synonym(s):
Coleophora caespititiella sensu auctt. nec Zeller, 1839

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

Number of records: 42
Recorded in: 23 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 09 viii 2022

Identification
difficulty

: 4Adult: Dissection required
Case: Photo or case and plant/pabulum plus dissected moth required

Resident. Usually seen as singletons in the east but sometimes locally common in the west. The adults fly from late May to mid July and larvae feed on the flowers and seed-heads of jointed rush and sea rush (Pratt, 2011).

Ebernoe, 16 v 217
Photo: Mike Snelling

Distribution at 1km scale

Phenology (adult)

Phenology (larval)