Hantsmoths

Nationally scarce (Nb) in open woodland, hedgerows, cliffs and shingle beaches in parts of the British Isles, one of the more widespread coleophorids in Britain. In Hampshire first recorded on Odiham Common in 1963, with occasional reports from the north since: remarkably not found in the south of the county until 2022, when a case was found at Brownwich. Not recorded on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 11-13.5 mm. Very similar to C. solitariella. Like many of the Coleophora, imagines are virtually impossible to identify without recourse to dissection, and the larvae, which live in cases of characteristic form and which can sometimes be found on the foodplant, may be easier to identify by comparison against a reference collection. Larva mines leaves of Greater Stitchwort and Sea Campion, living within a movable case.

VC11 South Hampshire

VC12 North Hampshire