CASE-BEARERS (COLEOPHORIDAE) continued
Eastern Case-bearer Coleophora vestianella - Singles trapped in the garden on 29th June and 9th July 2019 and 30th July 2020. Previously I've had one in 2015 and 3 in 2017. This species appears to be increasing in Norfolk with all but one of the records in the last decade.
Mugwort Case-bearer Coleophora artemisicolella - A completely new moth for me, trapped at home on 18th July 2019 and then netted at dusk at Titchwell on 21st July. None in 2020.
Pale Thistle Case-bearer Coleophora peribenanderi - One caught in the garden on 24th June 2019 but none in 2020. Not quite annual but this species averages just over one per year here.
Hedge Case-bearer Coleophora striatipennella - 3 in the garden between 18th May and 17th June 2020 but none here in 2019. I have averaged 3 a year here since 2015 and 2019 was my first blank year. Elsewhere one caught at the meadows in 2019 and 3 in 2020 (including my latest ever on 7th August). Although I wouldn't go as far as calling this species distinctive, many are sufficiently unlike any other common species that you can make a pretty good educated guess that you're dealing with this species before confirming with gen det.
Ochreous Case-bearer Coleophora solitariella - None. I caught one of these at home in 2016 but I think that's the only modern record of an adult in Norfolk so perhaps I shouldn't expect another very soon.
Yarrow Case-bearer Coleophora argentula - One caught in the garden on 23rd July 2020. I caught 4 here between 2015 and 2017 but none in 2018 or 2019. 2 larval cases on Yarrow at the meadows on 30th August 2020.
Eastern Case-bearer Coleophora vestianella - Singles trapped in the garden on 29th June and 9th July 2019 and 30th July 2020. Previously I've had one in 2015 and 3 in 2017. This species appears to be increasing in Norfolk with all but one of the records in the last decade.
female Eastern Case-bearer Coleophora vestianella, North Elmham, 29th June 2019
male Eastern Case-bearer Coleophora vestianella, North Elmham, 30th July 2020
Mugwort Case-bearer Coleophora artemisicolella - A completely new moth for me, trapped at home on 18th July 2019 and then netted at dusk at Titchwell on 21st July. None in 2020.
male Mugwort Case-bearer Coleophora artemisicolella, North Elmham, 18th July 2019
Pale Thistle Case-bearer Coleophora peribenanderi - One caught in the garden on 24th June 2019 but none in 2020. Not quite annual but this species averages just over one per year here.
male Pale Thistle Case-bearer Coleophora peribenanderi, North Elmham, 24th June 2019
Hedge Case-bearer Coleophora striatipennella - 3 in the garden between 18th May and 17th June 2020 but none here in 2019. I have averaged 3 a year here since 2015 and 2019 was my first blank year. Elsewhere one caught at the meadows in 2019 and 3 in 2020 (including my latest ever on 7th August). Although I wouldn't go as far as calling this species distinctive, many are sufficiently unlike any other common species that you can make a pretty good educated guess that you're dealing with this species before confirming with gen det.
female Hedge Case-bearer Coleophora striatipennella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 25th May 2019
male Hedge Case-bearer Coleophora striatipennella, North Elmham, 17th June 2020
male Hedge Case-bearer Coleophora striatipennella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd June 2020
Ochreous Case-bearer Coleophora solitariella - None. I caught one of these at home in 2016 but I think that's the only modern record of an adult in Norfolk so perhaps I shouldn't expect another very soon.
Yarrow Case-bearer Coleophora argentula - One caught in the garden on 23rd July 2020. I caught 4 here between 2015 and 2017 but none in 2018 or 2019. 2 larval cases on Yarrow at the meadows on 30th August 2020.
male Yarrow Case-bearer Coleophora argentula, North Elmham, 23rd July 2020
larval case of Yarrow Case-bearer Coleophora argentula, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 30th August 2020
Agrimony Case-bearer Coleophora folicularis - None. Despite having 3 confirmed records from Bawdeswell I've only caught one of these here, in 2018.
Dusted Case-bearer Coleophora adspersella - One at Brancaster on 2nd July 2020, only the 8th record for Norfolk and the first since 2017. I've never caught this species here in North Elmham but I had one at Bawdeswell shortly before moving here in 2014.
male Dusted Case-bearer Coleophora adspersella, Brancaster, 2nd July 2020
Dark Thistle Case-bearer Coleophora paripennella - Singles caught in my garden on 24th June 2019 and 17th July 2020, my third and fourth (previous ones here in 2015 and 2016).
male Dark Thistle Case-bearer Coleophora peribenanderi, North Elmham, 24th June 2019
male Dark Thistle Case-bearer Coleophora peribenanderi, North Elmham, 17th July 2020
Body-marked Case-bearer Coleophora clypeiferella - None in 2019, my first blank year since 2015, but to make up for it 5 between 16th July and 7th August 2020. I caught a total of 6 here over the previous 3 years.
Body-marked Case-bearer Coleophora clypeiferella, North Elmham, 16th July 2020
Body-marked Case-bearer Coleophora clypeiferella, North Elmham, 7th August 2020
Glasswort Case-bearer Coleophora salicorniae - None. With this being a saltmarsh species it's not one I'm especially likely to find locally, but it does sometimes wander inland so there's a chance. I may have missed my best chance though as there were several in 2020.
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