Family: Blastobasidae Checklist Number: 37.080
Coleophora virgaureae Stainton, 1857
Goldenrod Case-bearer
A rare moth throughout Scotland with just one record for the Outer Hebrides, caught in a light-trap on South Uist in July 2013. The flight period is June to July over a range of habitats where the larval food-plants grow, which are goldenrod (Solidago virgaureae) and sea aster (Aster tripolium).
References:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.