Apple & Plum Case-bearer

Common and widespread.&nbsp; Requires dissection to be certain of identification, either from adults trapped at light or from reared larvae, with both being fairly frequent occurrences.&nbsp; In Somerset, the foodplant has always been hawthorn when it has been noted, though elsewhere in the country apple, blackthorn and perhaps other rosaceous shrubs may be used.<br>

Blackthorn Case-bearer

A blackthorn-feeding coleophorid, requiring dissection of the adult for a definite identification.&nbsp; Fairly frequently recorded, though as yet not from west of Taunton or north of the Mendips.<br>

Common Case-bearer

Probably the commonest of our coleophorids, recorded from almost all parts of the county, occasionally at light but most often as a larval case.&nbsp; The foodplant is usually birch, but it has also been recorded in the county from hazel, elm, alder and once on hawthorn.<br>

Coleophora serratella

Common Case-bearer