Hantsmoths

Local in hedgerows and waste ground throughout much of southern England and Wales, with records north to Yorkshire. In Hampshire the majority of records are from Portsea and Hayling Islands, and it is rarely encountered in the New Forest or in the north-east of the county; on the Isle of Wight, mainly confined to the north-east. Wingspan 11-14.5 mm. Like many of the Coleophora, imagines are virtually impossible to identify without recourse to dissection, and the larvae, which live in cases of characteristic form and which can sometimes be found on the foodplant, may be easier to identify by comparison against a reference collection. Larva mines leaves of Hedge Woundwort, Black Horehound, White Horehound and Betony, living within a movable case.