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Coleophora albidella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) [Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae] Tinea albidella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. Wien. Verz.: 137 Coleophora albidella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Bud-borer: The larva bores into expanding leaf buds, and later skeletonizes young leaves, rarely mining a leaf in the usual manner of other Coleophora species. It builds a 'pistol case' from silk and fragments of leaf and frass. The sides of the case are usually adorned with hairs from the leaf surface, this feature serving to distinguish it from the similar case of C. anatipennella, which feeds on sloe (Prunus spinosa) and other rosaceous trees and shrubs (UKMoths). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Salicaceae       Salix     British leafminers Salix     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Salix aurita Eared Willow UKMoths Salix caprea Goat Willow UKMoths Salix cinerea Grey Willow UKMoths Salix repens Creeping Willow UKMoths Hosts elsewhere: Salicaceae       Salix aurita Eared Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix caprea Goat Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix cinerea Grey Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix repens Creeping Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - larvae: Autumn-May (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: June and July, and often comes to mercury vapour light (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: Widely distributed in the southern half of the British Isles in wet or marshy areas, damp woodland and fixed dunes (UKMoths) including East Kent, North Somerset, South Hants, South Lancaster and West Cornwall (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, NE and SHWRG) and Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Crete, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - East and South, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, ? Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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Last updated 27-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin