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37.027 [B&F: 0513] Coleophora potentillae Elisha, 1885

Local in rough grassland, damp woodland, fens, ditches and woodland rides in England, south of a line from Lincolnshire to Herefordshire, central and western Scotland, and western Ireland. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight there are scattered records throughout, but most frequent at Leckford, Botley Wood, Teg Down and Emer Bog. Wingspan 8-9.5 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 Agrimony, Meadowsweet, Wild Strawberry, Cinquefoil, Dog-rose, Dewberry, Common Rock-rose, Grey Willow and Birch, living within a movable case. In Hampshire the majority of cases are found on rosaceous herbs and shrubs. he case is very similar to that of C. violacea.

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