![]() Lep:Coleophoridae
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37.010 Coleophora
alnifoliae Barasch, 1934
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Food Plant: Alnus glutinosa (alder) Mine: probably from September (early feeding not recorded) to November, feeding again from late May to June or July. There is also a biennial population, which aestivates and completes feeding in June or July of the second year. Notes: The final case is 11-13mm long, slender, and fixed at 45° to the leaf surface, with anal end laterally compressed and bivalved. The final case (12mm long) is shown here. National Status: Nationally Scarce B Bradley No: 498 Data: 21.v.2005, Fleet, Hants,VC12 Image:© Rob Edmunds |
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