Coleophora lusciniaepennella

    Osier Case-bearer

    ColeophoridaeABH 37.022 B&F 504

    Requiring dissection as an adult, most records are of the larval cases.  The usual foodplants are Salix species (sallows, willows and osiers, especially the former in Somerset), but at Shapwick Heath at least it has been found several times using bog-myrtle Myrica gale.  One of the less rarely recorded coleophorids, it probably occurs throughout the county.

    Adult Verification Grade: 4

    Case Verification Grade: C1

    Osier Case-bearer (Coleophora lusciniaepennella) photographed in Somerset by Christopher Iles
    Osier Case-bearer (Coleophora lusciniaepennella) photographed in Somerset by Christopher Iles
    Osier Case-bearer (Coleophora lusciniaepennella) photographed in Somerset by Jenny Vickers