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37.046 Purple-shot Case-bearer (Coleophora deauratella), a female at Tag meadow, Cromwell Bottom, July 2nd 2017. A field observation among Birdsfoot Trefoil. The sunlight brought out the metallic colouring on the wings.

37.048 Clothed Case-bearer (Coleophora mayrella) at Brearley meadows below Midgley on June 2nd 2022. Swept from vegetation consisting mainly of grasses and buttercups with small amounts of Red Clover in among. It has distinctive ringed antennae with the basal two fifths scaled.

37.055 Heath Case-bearer (Coleophora pyrrhulipennella) case and larva, North Dean wood, May 6th 08. One of three cases swept from Heather by Paul Talbot.

37.055 Heath Case-bearer (Coleophora pyrrhulipennella), May 29th 08. Reared from the larva above. Quite a showy species by Coleophora standards! 

37.066 Larch Case-bearer (Coleophora laricella), a tenanted case and mine on European Larch, Rishworth golf course, Norland, May 10th 2018.

37.066 Larch Case-bearer (Coleophora laricella) larva and case, details as above. It appears to be quite common at this site.

37.066 Larch Case-bearer (Coleophora laricella), tenanted case and mine on Larch by the river just south of Gibson Mill, Hardcastle crags on May 6th 2023.

37.066 Larch Case-bearer (Coleophora laricella) to MV light at Manshead moor plantation, Ripponden on July 8th 2023. 

37.069 Buff Rush Case-bearer (Coleophora caespititiella), a female to MV light at Mirey Wall farm, Sowerby on June 16th 2023.

It was very satisfying to make a reasonable gen. prep. to facilitate the identification, see below.

37.069 Buff Rush Case-bearer (Coleophora caespititiella), gen. prep. - details above.

37.071 Grey Rush Case-bearer (Coleophora glaucicolella) and Common Rush Case-bearer (Coleophora alticolella) cases on a rush species at Milner Royd drain on Feb. 13th 09.  Larvae were identified from a sample of 11 cases collected from this site and C.alticolella was much the more common species present with just one larva of C.glaucicolella. Also some cases were empty or parasitised.

37.071 Grey Rush Case-bearer (Coleophora glaucicolella) to MV light at Mirey Wall farm near Sowerby on June 24th 2022. 

37.072 Wood-rush Case-bearer (Coleophora otidipennella), found by day at Winter Well (Stony Field), Hardcastle Crags on May 24th 2024. 

If I'd known it was a scarce moth I would have made more of an effort to take a live shot.

37.072 Wood-rush Case-bearer (Coleophora otidipennella), genitalia preparation of the above moth.

37.073 Common Rush Case-bearer (Coleophora alticolella), case on a rush species at Copley meadow on Feb. 24th 2016. The cases were still quite easy to find despite the host plants being on the flood plain that was severely affected by the devastating Boxing Day floods a couple of months earlier.

37.073 Common Rush Case-bearer (Coleophora alticolella) larva extracted from the case pictured above showing the sceleratised patches on the thoracic segments.

37.073 Common Rush Case-bearer (Coleophora alticolella) cases on a rush species on Walsden moor on Sept. 1st 2023. There were countless thousands of cases present and although none were specifically identified many were presumed to be of this species.

37.073 Common Rush Case-bearer (Coleophora alticolella), June 18th 09. Reared from cases found at Milner Royd drain.

37.083 Orache Case-bearer (Coleophora saxicolella), one of two males to MV light at Sarah Flood's place at Luddenden Dean on June 27th 2023. 

Members of this family can often be relied on to add a bit of "rarity" value to a night's catch.

37.093 Thistle Case-bearer (Coleophora peribenanderi) case and mines on Creeping Thistle at Brearley Wetlands, Mytholmroyd, Sept. 24th 2024. This was one of four cases found.

37.093 Thistle Case-bearer (Coleophora peribenanderi), a second case and larva, details above. 

37.093 Thistle Case-bearer (Coleophora peribenanderi) one of two males to MV light at Clock Face quarry, Krumlin on June 25th 2024. 

37.093 Thistle Case-bearer (Coleophora peribenanderi), a male to light at Cromwell Bottom on June 11th 2023. 

37.102 Yarrow Case-bearer (Coleophora argentula) case and larva on a Yarrow seedhead, Hollas Lane nature reserve, Sept. 2nd 2017. After taking the case home for further study I was surprised to find it was tenanted and actively feeding on the Yarrow seeds.

37.102 Yarrow Case-bearer (Coleophora argentula) cases on Yarrow seedheads, Sept. 19th 2018. Illustrating the abundance of this species here, there are around 17 cases on this one plant.

37.102 Yarrow Case-bearer (Coleophora argentula), two tenanted cases on a Sneezewort seedheads, Hollas Lane nature reserve, Oct. 8th 2019. The cases are easy to find here.

37.102 Yarrow Case-bearer (Coleophora argentula) to MV light at Cromwell Bottom on July 9th 2023. 

This belongs to the Coleophora group with longitudinal and oblique streaks with a scattering of darker scales.