![]() Lep:Coleophoridae
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Coleophora arctostaphyli Meder, 1934
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Food Plant: Arctstaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry) Egg: underside of leaf Mine: Sept-April Notes: Initially makes a narrow gallery mine in late autumn of the first year then overwinters in the mine. In the spring of the second year,in late April or May, it forms a blotch from which it cuts its oval case. It then mines the leaves. In late June to early August it aestivates, before feeding again and then constructing a final case by the following April. The ovum and case-bearing stage are described for the first time by Heckford & Beavan (2018). The final instar larva is shown mining the leaf. National Status: pRDB1 Bradley No: 508 Data: 23.iii.2016, Muir of Dinnet, South Aberdeenshire, VC 92 Image:© R J Heckford References: |
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