Case of Coleophora albicosta Image: (British leafminers)

Seed-feeder / borer and case bearer: Initially the larva feeds on seeds, boring into seedpods. It makes a case from calyx parts in late summer, which is covered in hairs, and continues feeding by boring into more seedpods (British leafminers).arva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The male and female genitalia are illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group.

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - larvae: July - April. In November the larva makes a case from silk, in which it over winters (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Banff, Bedfordshire, Brecon, Buckinghamshire, Caernarvonshire, Cumberland, East Cornwall, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, East Sutherland, Easterness, Elgin, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Kincardine, Merionethshire, North Aberdeen, North Essex, North Somerset, Pembrokeshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeen, South Devon, South Essex, South Lancaster, South Somerset, South Wiltshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Lancaster, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and Worcestershire (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). Also recorded from Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs (British leafminers), Channel Is., Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Belgium, French mainland, Portuguese mainland, Sicily, Spanish mainland, The Netherlands (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea)

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.