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Coleophora alnifoliae

Checklist Number
37.010 [B&F: 0498]

Verification
Record requires retention of specimen until confirmed, and may require dissection. Consult with CMR if unsure

Classification

Family:Coleophoridae
Subfamily:Coleophorinae
Genus:Coleophora
Species:alnifoliae
Authority:Barasch, 1934

Nationally scarce (Nb) in woodland and freshwater margins in small, isolated colonies in south-eastern and central southern England, as far north as Shropshire; Perthshire (MBGBI Vol 3). In Hampshire apparently restricted to Pamber Common Hook Common and Fleet in the north, and Hookheath Meadows NR in the south. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 12-13 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 Alder, living within a movable case, over-wintering twice in some areas.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Hookheath Meadows NR, Southwick (SU60)05/06/199914J R Langmaid, P H Sterling, R J DicksonCase
Hookheath Meadows NR, Southwick (SU60)05/06/199912Richard J DicksonCase
Hookheath Meadows NR, Southwick (SU60)27/03/2002oneJ R LangmaidCase
Southwick (SU60)14/05/2003twoJ R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellCase
Chandlers Ford (SU42)20/05/2005oneBrian ElliottAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)27/05/2005oneBrian ElliottAdult
Hookheath Meadows NR, Southwick (SU60)04/07/2005-J R Langmaid, R J DicksonCase
Hookheath Meadows NR, Southwick (SU60)04/07/2005oneRichard J DicksonCase

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Fleet (SU75)22/05/2003oneRob EdmundsLarval
Fleet (SU85)15/05/2005twoRob EdmundsLarval
Fleet (SU85)21/05/2005oneRob EdmundsLarval
Pamber Forest (SU66)12/06/2007oneGraham DennisAdult
Winchfield (SU75)07/06/2008oneMike Wall & Tim NorrissAdult