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37.031 [B&F: 0514] Coleophora ahenella Heinemann, [1876]

 

Nationally scarce (Na) on chalk downland and heathland in south-central England, where restricted to Hampshire and adjoining counties. In Hampshire recorded from the New Forest, where cases are found on trunks of Alder Buckthorn, and on the chalk, where found in small numbers in scrub containing Buckthorn. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 10-13 mm. The main confusion species is C. potentillae but usually slightly larger and with small differences in the coloration of the inner side of the labial palpus and the hindleg (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva mines leaves of Buckthorn or Alder Buckthorn, living within a movable case; case length 5.5-7 mm.

Flightime guide
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Distribution Map

Historical distribution at tetrad resolution
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Detail records

SiteDateQuantityRecorderStage
VC11 South Hampshire
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)1982-John R Langmaid-
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)06/09/1982oneJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, A M Emmet, J D BradleyCase
West Wood, Sparsholt (SU42)14/10/1984oneJ R Langmaid, D H SterlingCase
King's Somborne (SU33)02/09/1990oneJ R Langmaid, R J B HoareCase
Portsdown (SU60)06/10/1999-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellCase
Culverley, NF (SU30)04/07/2002oneBrian ElliottCase
Pig Bush (SU30)04/07/2002oneJ R Langmaid, B ElliottCase
St Catherine's Hill, Winchester (SU42)24/09/2003oneJ R Langmaid, B ElliottCase
Portsdown (SU60)15/09/2020-J R Langmaid, M R, J E YoungCase
VC12 North Hampshire
Leckford Estate (SU33)06/10/1979threeJ R Langmaid, D H, P H SterlingCase
Chilbolton Down (SU43)20/09/1980-J R Langmaid, R J HeckfordCase
Leckford Estate (SU33)28/09/1980sixJ R Langmaid, D H, P H SterlingCase
Leckford Estate (SU33)14/07/1985oneJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, D H SterlingCase
Chilbolton Down (SU43)20/08/1991oneJ R Langmaid, B GoaterCase
Bramdean Common (SU62)08/10/1996-J R Langmaid, A M Emmet, I R ThirlwellCase
Alresford (SU53)15/07/2001-J R LangmaidLarval feeding signs
West Down, Chilbolton (SU33)12/09/2002-J R Langmaid, B ElliottCase
Ash Warren (SU55)02/10/2004oneGraham DennisMine
Leckford Estate (SU33)05/11/2007-J R Langmaid, B ElliottLarval feeding signs
Stockbridge Down (SU33)17/09/2020oneJ R Langmaid, M R, J E Young, B ElliottCase

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