ABH: 37.108

Status:  Probable migrant/vagrant

Distribution/Abundance:  Rare

Primary Habitat:  Saltmarsh

Wingspan:  12-14mm

Flight Period:  May - June

Observations:  Case-bearing larvae feed on glasswort and are to be found inhabiting saltmarshes around the coast of England and parts of Wales. The larvae are difficult to find except for a short period when their cases are visible in autumn. Subsequently the larva burrows into the mud to spend the winter in a silken tube. The county record may be that of a vagrant/migrant adult

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.:  N/A

First Record:  1993, RIS