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Common Rush Case-bearer

Coleophora alticolella

545Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar2
Apr1
May24
Jun125
Jul45
Aug124
Sep145
Oct38
Nov8
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland196
2Highland Scotland106
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland58
4West Berkshire England34
5Worcestershire England24
6Aberdeenshire Scotland13
7Kent England11
8Swansea Wales9
9Oxfordshire England4
10North Yorkshire England4
11Wrexham Wales4
12Dorset England3
13Gloucestershire England3
14Orkney Islands Scotland3
15Belfast Northern Ireland3
133 England390 Scotland15 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
545
Peak month
September
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Coleophora alticolella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
545
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Coleophoridae
Genus
Coleophora
Name with authority
Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849
Described
1849
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5143162 · GBIF 5120668