Coleophoridae
Coleophora albidella
COLEOPHORA albidella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Coleophora albidella
COLEOPHORA albidella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: White Sallow Case-bearer
Wingspan: 13 - 16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Bulgaria, Channel Isles,Croatia,Greece,Ukraine, Spain is doubtful and most Mediterranean Islands : to Siberia
UK Distribution: Locally distributed throughout much of England and Wales : Most frequent in west.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Fens : Bogs : Damp Woodland : River-banks
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A Coleophora of small willow species found in waterlogged areas such as bogs and marshes situated mostly in the southern half of the British Isles.
Like many other of the species the moth is almost impossible to identify with dissection but this moth is white with dark speckling with a buff tuft at the base of the antennae.
The moth is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 13 - 16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Bulgaria, Channel Isles,Croatia,Greece,Ukraine, Spain is doubtful and most Mediterranean Islands : to Siberia
UK Distribution: Locally distributed throughout much of England and Wales : Most frequent in west.
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Tinea) albidella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Tinea anatipennella Hübner, 1796
- Austria - Vienna District
Habitat: Fens : Bogs : Damp Woodland : River-banks
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A Coleophora of small willow species found in waterlogged areas such as bogs and marshes situated mostly in the southern half of the British Isles.
Like many other of the species the moth is almost impossible to identify with dissection but this moth is white with dark speckling with a buff tuft at the base of the antennae.
The moth is attracted to light.
Larval Case
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Salix aurita - Eared Sallow
- Salix caprea - Goat Willow (Rarely used)
- Salix cinerea - Grey Willow
- Salix repens - Creeping Willow
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Coleophoridae COLEOPHORA Hübner 1822 Coleophora albidella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Tinea anatipennella Hübner, 1796 - PHALAENA (Tinea) albidella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) = Tinea trembleyana Villers, 1789 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend Published 1775 Mark 1.0 Title Page : p.137 - n.56 - Austria - Vienna District |