Lep:Coleophoridae
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37.003 Coleophora limoniella (Stainton, 1884)
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larva feeds inside a flower head

 

Food Plant: Limonium vulgare (Common sea-lavender)

Mine: September - May

Notes: The larva eats the seeds inside a flower and then uses this as a case (as shown). The larva over winters in the stem of the plant. Formerly Gonioderma limoniella.

Data: 07.x.2020, River Deben saltmarsh, East Suffolk, VC25

Image:© Patrick Cook

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