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Coleophora genistae

Checklist Number
37.041 [B&F: 0546]

Verification
Record requires retention of specimen until confirmed, and may require dissection. Consult with CMR if unsure

Classification

Family:Coleophoridae
Subfamily:Coleophorinae
Genus:Coleophora
Species:genistae
Authority:Stainton, 1857

Nationally scarce (Na) in rough grassland, damp heathland, mosses and moorland in England northwards to Loch Ness, Scotland; rare in North Wales (MBGBI Vol 3). In Hampshire virtually restricted to the New Forest and, in the north of the county, Bartley Heath. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight since 1969. Wingspan 11-13 mm. Very similar to C. saturatella. 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 Petty Whin, living within a movable case, often several together.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

No Adult records to show.

Records by week (larval)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Godshill (SZ58)01/05/1969-J M Chalmers-HuntCase
Godshill (SZ58)04/07/1969sevenA Maitland EmmetLarval

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Ocknell Plain, NF (SU21)06/05/1999-David G Green & Mark ParsonsLarval
Fritham (SU21)25/07/2001-J R Langmaid, B Elliott, B GoaterCase
Goatspen Plain (SU20)18/05/2003twoTim NorrissCase
Holmsley Inclosure, NF (SU20)16/05/2004-David G Green & Tim NorrissLarval
Fritham (SU21)23/05/2006-David G Green & Susan A ClarkeLarval
Hiscocks Hill (SU21)10/06/2006-David G GreenLarval
Holmsley Inclosure, NF (SU20)03/05/2008threeDavid G GreenLarval
Holmsley (SU20)03/05/2008threeDavid G GreenLarval
Millyford Bridge (SU20)22/04/2011twoTony DavisCase
Longwater Lawn (SU30)04/06/2012oneKeith GodfreyLarval tube
Millyford Green, NF (SU20)14/05/2021oneTony DavisCase
White Moor, NF (SU20)05/05/2022twoTony DavisCase
Broomy Bottom, NF (SU21)07/05/2022oneTony DavisCase
Beaulieu Heath, NF (SU30)04/06/2022sevenWill LangdonCase

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Bartley Heath (SU75)21/04/1985-J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonCase
Bartley Heath (SU75)07/06/1987-J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonCase
Silchester Common (SU66)26/05/1991-J R Langmaid, R J Heckford, B R Baker, J RobbinsCase
Bartley Heath (SU75)22/05/1999-Tony DobsonCase
Bartley Heath and Warnborough Greens HWT NR (SU75)17/05/200318Tony DobsonLarval
Bartley Heath (SU75)15/05/2004twoRob EdmundsLarval
Bartley Heath (SU75)13/02/2006-J R Langmaid, R D EdmundsCase
Bartley Heath (SU75)01/11/2007oneRob Edmunds, Paul BoswellCase