37.052 .... B&F 0535
Coleophora ibipennella (Zeller, 1849)
Status .....A rare pistol case-bearer in Nottinghamshire, with just a handful of known records. First recorded at the Sherwood Forest NNR in 2010 and the only other record seems to be of several larval cases, found by Nick and Samantha Brownley at Clumber Park in May 2026. Thanks go to Nick and Samantha Brownley, for providing the full-grown case illustrated below.
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Adult reared ex-larval case, Clumber Park, June 2026.
 
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Full-grown larval case on Oak Quercus robur, Clumber Park May 2026
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Coleophora ibipennella
 
Pre-overwintering larval case (length 3mm) on Oak, photographed at Sherwood Forest CP November 2010
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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Updated May 2026

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