B&F: 0553

ABH: 37.099

Status:  Resident

Distribution/Abundance:  Common

Primary Habitat:  Grassland, Woodland rides

Wingspan:  11-13mm

Flight Period:  Bivoltine (overlapping): May - August

Observations:  Case-bearing larvae feed on the seedpods of Mouse-ear and Stitchwort.

Confusion Species:  Most members of the Coleophoridae family are notoriously difficult to positively identify as adults unless the recorder is particularly skilled. Best identified either from the larval case/foodplant, or by examination of adult genitalia.

L.O.N.:  Geddington Chase, Weekley Hall Wood, 18 June - 4 August 1909

First Record:  1908, Wallis