Case of Coleophora aestuariella on Suaeda maritima Image: Rob Edmunds (British leafminers).

Leaf-miner and case-bearer: The larval case is illustrated in British leafminers.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: Not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group (check for update).

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - larvae: September - June (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Hampshire (Hayling Island) (British leafminers); North Essex (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

Found in the upper parts of salt marsh, close to high water mark (British leafminers).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Bulgaria, French mainland, Greek mainland, Italian mainland, Portuguese mainland, Spanish mainland and Ukraine (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.