COLEOPHORIDAE

37.096 Coleophora gardesanella (Small Streaked Case-bearer)

ws: 9.5-11.0mm; Jun-Aug; sea wormwood (Artemesia maritima) on sea-walls and drier parts of saltmarsh; sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) in damp meadows and marshes and moist woodland rides; mugwort (Artemesia vulgaris), (Achillea millefolium), tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) on dry grassland near the sea; SE.England from Essex to Hampshire.
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Coleophora gardesanella §1 female
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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§1 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2010; female
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Page published November 2011 (§1)