UK Status
Resident. Found throughout much of Britain where it
can be locally common.
Montgomeryshire Status
First recorded in 2012 at Middletown in the east of the county. This
was only the seventh record for north Wales.
Wingspan
:
M & F 12.5-15mm.
Confusion species
Care should be taken as other species of Coleophora can look very
similar.
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Flight time & Voltinity
(Univoltine)
Habitat
Wherever the foodplant is found.
Foodplant
Thistles.
Lifestage data
Leaf miner. Eggs laid on upperside of leaf. Larva makes white
blotch from which it forms a case. It then mines the leaf from below,
making series of white blotches. Pupates in case attached
to foodplant, low down in the herbage. |
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