37.047 Coleophora amethystinella (Coast Green Case-bearer)
ws:14-18mm (MBGBI3), 15-19mm (Essex Moths); May-Jun; smooth tare (Vicia tetrasperma); RDB. When this page was published in 2013 I noted - Fingringhoe & Little Oakley in Essex; 1 record from Portsdown Hill in Hampshire (2005 according to Hants Moths, 2001 according to Essex Moths). According to Essex Moths first discovered as a British species at Fingeringhoe in 1973 and now extinct there. Essex Field Club website shows records from 12 (mainly coastal) sites North of the River Blackwater since 1990. By 2021 it has been recorded at many sites in Essex and the southern half of Suffolk and is abundant at my regular site on Foulness Island.
Synonym: Colephora fuscicornis MBGBI3
Synonym: Colephora fuscicornis MBGBI3
Coleophora amethystinella §2 female
§1 Foulness, Essex; 08/05/2011; male; fw 9.0mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 29/05/2016; female
§3 Foulness, Essex; 29/05/2016; male
§4 Foulness, Essex; 22/05/2016; male
§5 Foulness, Essex; 16/05/2020; male; fw 9.1mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 16/05/2020; male; fw 7.1mm
§7 Foulness, Essex; ??/??/2021; male; fw 8.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 29/05/2016; female
§3 Foulness, Essex; 29/05/2016; male
§4 Foulness, Essex; 22/05/2016; male
§5 Foulness, Essex; 16/05/2020; male; fw 9.1mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 16/05/2020; male; fw 7.1mm
§7 Foulness, Essex; ??/??/2021; male; fw 8.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 04/11/2013 | Species changed from fuscicornis 12/03/2014 | §2&3 added 13/05/2017 | §4 added 19/05/2017 |
§5&6 added 15/01/2021 | §7 added 02/02/2022
§5&6 added 15/01/2021 | §7 added 02/02/2022
