37.063 .... B&F 0544
Coleophora albicosta (Haworth, 1828)
Status .....By no means restricted to the heathlands of Sherwood Forest and probably common at many sites with well established stands of Gorse.
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Photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter May 2011   Photographed at Warsop Main Pit Top June 2010
 
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Larval case photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter February 2023
 
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Larval case photographed at Warsop Main Pit Top January 2019
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Coleophora albicosta
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. David Hursthouse. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Lound Moth Group. Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results).

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2024
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