Lep:Coleophoridae
  home | mines | species | plants | mine-keys | links | search | updates | newsletters | contributing | books
541 Coleophora pyrrhulipennella (Zeller, 1839)
< back | next >
note the thin dorsal keel

 

Food Plant: Erica sp. (Heather) or Calluna sp.(Ling)

Mine: September - May

Notes: Note the thin keel in the centre, which swells the black case.

Data: 15.ii.2004, Wimbledon Common, Surrey, VC 17

Image:© Martin Honey

sponsored by Pennine Books

www.leafmines.co.uk