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Family: Coleophoridae   Checklist Number: 37.072

Coleophora otidipennella  (Hübner, [1817])

Wood-rush Case-bearer

Rare and first recorded in the Outer Hebrides in 2012 with just one subsequent record. A grassland species that is easily disturbed by day during May and June. Field wood-rush (Lazula campestris) and heath wood-rush (Lazula multiflora) are the food-plants.

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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