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Coleophora
vitisella Gregson, 1856 Coleophora vitisella Gregson, 1856. Zoologist 14: 5167. |
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Leaf-mine: The fully developed larval case, 6 mm long, on cowberry, in April and May of its second year of life, is easily identified by its structure of about forty discs of leaf arranged like a pile of coins, its walking stick shape and the ventral keel of white silk. Each larva makes a large number of small fleck mines, which can be recognised by the relatively large hole where a disc of leaf has been excised for the case (UKMoths). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain:
Hosts elsewhere:
Time of year - mines: September-April (Emmet et al., 1996a). Time of year - adults: Late May to early July (UKMoths). Distribution
in Britain: Occurs on the more sheltered parts of moors and
Scots pine woodland in the Highlands of Scotland, the Pennine Hills
and the Clwyd Hills (UKMoths)
Banff, Chester, Easterness, Elgin, Mid Perth, North Aberdeen, South
Aberdeen and Stafford (NBN
Gateway distribution map - HBRG,
JNCC, NE,
NESBRC,
SNH and SER). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - North, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown. |
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