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Coleophora salinella Stainton, 1859

Sea-purslane Case-bearer
37.0750 (B&F: 575)


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

Number of records: 14
Recorded in: 11 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 04 viii 2016
Identification 
difficulty 
: 4Adult: Dissection required
Case: Good photo or case and plant/pabulum required

Resident. Larvae have been found on common orache and spear-leaved orache at a few coastal localities, mainly in the far west. Single adults have been found during late July and early August on the coast at either end of the two counties (Pratt, 2011).

Coleophora salinella
female
Pagham Harbour RSPB, 23 vii 2025
Photo: Mike Bailey

Distribution at 1km scale

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