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Coleophora salicorniae Heinemann & Wocke, [1876]
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Food Plant: Salicornia (Glasswort) Mine: September to October. Notes: Larva feeds internally on seeds and fleshy spikes. A case is formed from the tip of a spike, and feeding continues for a short time on other spikes. The larva is infrequently seen, but the image here shows it establishing a feeding position National Status: Nationally scarce B Bradley No: 588 Data: 26.ix.2004, Hayling Island, Hants, VC11 Image:© Rob Edmunds |
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