Sunday, 21 August 2022

Coleophora sp?

Are there enough clues to identify this metallic little moth? Using the excellent Berks Micro book I thought perhaps C alcyonipennella on the grounds that it is 6mm, has no significant thickening of the antennae and no black and white stripes on the antennae.





 Barnaby Briggs, Iver

1 comment:

  1. Hi Barnaby, if you wanted to take this further, Chris Lewis has a key on his website (https://britishcoleophora.weebly.com/ametallic.html) to the 'metallic' Coleophoras - but I think that with your one you are still left with three possibilities based on the antennal features you describe.

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