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Coleophora otidipennella

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41 records (77+ individuals)
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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
10 May 2024 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1 Caught over same patch of rough grass as G. fuscoviridella. Ref note these are often caught together on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group. Confirmed from photo.
08 May 2024 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 2 near foodplant
05 May 2024 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 2
02 May 2024 Mobberley SJ7879 Adult 1 disturbed from Field Woodrush
01 May 2024 Lady Brook Valley, Hazel Grove SJ9185 Adult 1 flushed from foodplant
28 May 2023 Woodley SJ9392 Adult 1 Genitalia checked. amongst Luzula campestris
25 May 2023 Wincle SJ9666 Adult 3 Genitalia checked on one female. amongst Luzula campestris
23 May 2023 Bosley SJ9165 Adult 2 amongst Luzula campestris. Genitalia checked on one male
18 May 2023 Tame Valley, Hyde SJ9494 Adult 5 amongst Luzula campestris, SJ941942. Genitalia checked on one female.
17 May 2023 Danes Moss SJ9071 Adult 2 amongst Luzula campestris, SJ902719. Genitalia checked.
12 May 2023 Gawsworth SJ8869 Adult 2 flushed from foodplant, SJ884698
11 May 2023 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1 flushed from Luzula campestris
10 May 2022 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1 Genitalia checked. near foodplant
09 May 2022 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1 near foodplant
07 May 2022 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1 near foodplant
03 May 2022 Birchall Moss, Hatherton SJ684463 Adult 5 flushed frome foodplant, photos on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
26 May 2021 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1
23 May 2021 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1 flushed from foodplant
15 May 2018 Kerridge Hill SJ9476 Adult 1 on hillside amongst field woodrush
07 May 2018 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1
21 May 2017 Jacksons Brickworks, Higher Poynton SJ9484 Adult 1
04 May 2017 Prestbury SJ8876 Adult 17 on Field Woodrush. field north of wood SJ880765, probably large colony in field
21 May 2015 Nether Alderley SJ8276 Adult 1 amongst Luzula campestris
15 May 2014 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1 amongst Luzula campestris
08 May 2014 Tytherington SJ9275 Adult 1 amongst Luzula campestris
29 Apr 2014 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 2 flying around field woodrush
21 May 2010 Carleton Road, Higher Poynton SJ944838 Adult 1 gen det male
29 May 1999 Lindow Common SJ8380 Adult 1+ swept from Luzula campestris
16 May 1999 Hazel Grove Golf Course SJ9386 Adult 2 among Luzula campestris
15 May 1999 Sound Common SJ6248 Adult 1+ frequent around Luzula campestris
21 May 1998 Bagmere SJ7964 Adult 1 amongst Luzula campestris
21 May 1998 Brereton Heath SJ7965 Adult 1+ amongst Luzula campestris
17 May 1997 Poynton Coppice SJ9382 Adult 1 Genitalia checked. in field by reservoir amongst Luzula campestris
23 May 1991 Balmoral Grove, Hazel Grove SJ928871 Adult 1
26 May 1989 Little Budworth Common SJ588655 Adult 1 (=Coleophora murinipennella)
1963 Rostherne Mere SJ7483 Adult 2 Mere Field
10 May 1954 Wilmslow SJ8380 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
13 May 1952 Wilmslow SJ8380 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
12 May 1952 Delamere SJ5570 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1940 Eastham Country Park SJ3681 Not recorded 1+ undated, grid reference not given, Mansbridge (1940)
24 May 1919 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 3 grid reference not given, county status: usually common where found, Mansbridge (1940)


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Updated: 19th April 2025