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Coleophora betulella
Birch Pistol Case-bearer (Heinemann, 1876)
Coleophoridae
536 / 37.053

Similar Herts & Middlesex Species
Oak Pistol Case-bearer
Coleophora ibipennella
Cloaked Case-bearer
Coleophora kuehnella
Wingspan: 10-15 mm
Flight: June to early August
Foodplant:   Birch
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4  Case: C1

General comments:
All of the Coleophora species in our area are under-recorded; naming most requires either finding the larvae or dissecting the genitalia of the adults (or both!). For this reason, notes made here are deliberately short, but will be updated on a species by species basis as information surfaces.

Widespread and common. On birches. The lack of white tips to the costal cilia separate this species from the otherwise identical Coleophora ibipennella. The larvae, of course, are on different foodplants.

Determination by Genitalia Examination Required

Recorded in 12 (29%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1890.
Last Recorded in 2022.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
19/07/2022120TL11 - Harpenden / Wheathampstead
22/06/2022120TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
27/07/2021120TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
22/07/2021120TL00 - Hemel Hempstead
20/07/2021120TL00 - Hemel Hempstead
19/07/2021120TL11 - Harpenden / Wheathampstead
18/07/2021120TL00 - Hemel Hempstead
18/07/2021120TL11 - Harpenden / Wheathampstead
18/07/2021221TQ29 - Barnet / Finchley
03/07/2021120TL11 - Harpenden / Wheathampstead
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