37.074 Coleophora taeniipennella (Small Rush Case-bearer)
ws: 9-12mm; Jun-Jul; jointed/sharp-flowered rush (Juncus articulatus/acutiflorus); common in fens, marshes and damp meadows throughout GB
Coleophora taeniipennella §1 female
ID: Forewing with distinct pale longitudinal streaks, with oblique streaks on or between veins extending to costa, without scattered fuscous scales > 25 species which require genital dissection to distinguish.
Male genitalia: sacculus with a distinct anterior process; posterior process distinctly shorter than anterior process.
Female genitalia: ductus bursae without a spiculate or sclerotised section; length of subgenital plate approximately equal to its breadth; introitus vaginae sclerotised laterally to give 2 lines of sclerotisation from the ostium; posterior margin of ostium with symmetrical 'nodes'
Male genitalia: sacculus with a distinct anterior process; posterior process distinctly shorter than anterior process.
Female genitalia: ductus bursae without a spiculate or sclerotised section; length of subgenital plate approximately equal to its breadth; introitus vaginae sclerotised laterally to give 2 lines of sclerotisation from the ostium; posterior margin of ostium with symmetrical 'nodes'
DIssection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 28/07/2012; female; fw 5.1mm
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 03/06/2012; male; fw 5.4mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; female; fw 4.8mm; to light
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 5.4mm; to light
§5 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; female; fw 5.3mm; to light
§6 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 14/08/2016; female; fw 4.2mm
§7 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; female; fw 5.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 03/06/2012; male; fw 5.4mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; female; fw 4.8mm; to light
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 5.4mm; to light
§5 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; female; fw 5.3mm; to light
§6 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 14/08/2016; female; fw 4.2mm
§7 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; female; fw 5.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 29/10/2012 (§1) | Specimen §2 added 17/01/2013 | §3-5 added 23/12/2015 | §6 added 16/04/2017 | §7 added 08/04/2018
