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Coleophora albicosta
Gorse Case-bearer (Haworth, 1828)
Coleophoridae
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Photo © Andy Brown,  19/05/2020 - Hunstanton

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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: 13-15mm
Flight: mid-May to mid-July
Foodplant:   Gorse
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2  Case: C1
Status
Common.
Rough grassland and heathland where foodplant found.
Characteristic whitish streak along the costa (re scientific name)
Flying by day, but also sometimes coming to light.
Larva feeds within seedpods of Gorse, living and feeding in a movable case.

[MBGBI vol3 p281]

Recorded in 38 (51%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
08/07/2023227TG04Salthouse
28/06/2023127TG13Hempstead
16/06/2023127TG14Sheringham / Beeston
12/06/2023127TG04Glandford
12/06/2023128TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
12/06/2023128TF91Gressenhall
11/06/2023228TF63Dersingham
11/06/2023127TG10Bowthorpe
11/06/2023128TF63Snettisham
10/06/2023227TG30Rockland Broad / Wheatfen
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