37.007 BF492  –  Coleophoridae – Coleophora flavipennella – Yellow Oak Case-bearer – (Duponchel, 1843) Adult Micro:  CAT 4 – Gen. Det. Required – Gen-Det-Reqd       Larval Case:  C4 – As C3 but also a Gen.Det. required – Gen. Det. Required       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black – Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data        purple – Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> .  . >>  Coleophoridae
** Identification write up and photograph required **
Other Name/s: Tipped Oak Case-bearer
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Coleophora serratella
Common Case-bearer; Coleophora lutipennella
Oak Case-bearer
Distribution:  (Last record: 1995 at Mellor )  –  Uncertain – 1 record from Coombs Reservoir 1963 (DaNES) / a record of leaf mines from Mellor 1995 – (DaNES) An aggregated record from Cromford Moor of a larval case 5/6/2014 (iRecord)
Flight Period: July /  August /  –  attracted to light during July-August Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – and is attracted to light Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 11-13mm
Food Plant: Oak
Last Recorded Year: 1995
Last Recorded By – DaNES
Last Recorded General Area – Mellor

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Distribution Map for Coleophora flavipennella

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Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 1 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Coleophora flavipennella
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Monthly Counts By Year: Coleophora flavipennella

Recordings By Year: Coleophora flavipennella

Coleophora flavipennella
Insufficient records/data for a trend analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Coleophora flavipennella

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Coleophora flavipennella

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Coleophora flavipennella

Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Coleophora flavipennella – 1 records available

Listed by Year - descending

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStage
Coleophora flavipennellaFernhill Rd, MellorSJ98U199501/07/19951Larval Mine

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