Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Coleophoridae   Checklist Number: 37.055

Coleophora pyrrhulipennella   Zeller, 1839

Ling Case-bearer

This is one of the larger and well-marked examples of the family. The larval food-plants are Heathers Calluna or Erica. The only record comprises two netted on South Uist in mid-June 2011 but undoubtedly under-recorded.

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