37.071 BF582  –  Coleophoridae – Coleophora glaucicolella – Grey Rush Case-bearer – (Wood, 1892) 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 **
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Coleophora alticolella
Common Rush Case-bearer
Distribution:  Uncertain/Unknown only two records from 1954 Gen Det Taxal and Goyt Valley one adult and a case Gen Det. Most records of leaf mines are aggregated to C.alticolla-glaucicolella. recent agg record 02/03/2025 Markham Vale
General Comment: None
Flight Period: June /  July –  From Dusk into the night and at sunrise Mine Period: Not Recorded
Mine Period Additional: None.
Mine ID Difficulty: Not Recorded
Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: None.
Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – active during the day, from noon to sunset, and in the early morning and evening Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 10-12mm
Food Plant: Soft Rush
Last Recorded By – Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area – Not Recorded

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Distribution Map for Coleophora glaucicolella

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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Coleophora glaucicolella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Coleophora glaucicolella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Coleophora glaucicolella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Coleophora glaucicolella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Coleophora glaucicolella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Coleophora glaucicolella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
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Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Coleophora glaucicolella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Coleophora glaucicolella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Coleophora glaucicolella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

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 glaucicolella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

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 glaucicolella – 0 records available

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No records found for Coleophora glaucicolella.

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