37.033 .... B&F 0516
Large Clover Case-bearer Coleophora trifolii (Curtis, 1832)
Status .....Probably quite a common and widespread moth of grassy sites, meadows and roadside verges in Nottinghamshire. The largest of the coppery/bronze Coleophoras, with a wingspan of 15-20mm, which helps lessen the problems of identification. In late August 2024, I was alerted to the larval cases of this moth, present on the seedheads of Yellow Melliot and found by Nick and Samantha Brownley at Bevercotes Pit Wood, which proved easy to find.
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Photographed at Market Warsop June 2015
 
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Larval cases, photographed at Bevercotes Pit Wood, August 2024
 
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Coleophora trifolii
 
                  Larval case, photographed by Nick and Samantha Brownley
                 
                   
                  The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Martin Gray. J.T. Radford. Nick and Samantha Brownley. Carl Cornish.

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Updated September 2024
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