Large Gold Case-bearer (Coleophora vibicella)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - moth > Moth |
| Red List Status: | (Not Relevant) [(not listed)(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Coleophora vibicella |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Hübner, [1813]) |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | (not listed) |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | (No GB Red List for micro-moths.). Has suffered historic declines which have continued with the loss of two colonies in the last 10 years and severe damage to another. Now only known from 4 sites. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Requires extensive areas of Dyer's Greenweed. The moth is intolerant of cutting or heavy grazing. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | These factors will not provide the conditions required by the moth. |
Species Assessment
| Current step on the Species Recovery Curve (SRC): | 4. Autecology and pressures understood |
| Recovery potential/expectation: | Medium-high |
| National Monitoring Resource: | Structured - sufficient |
| Species Comments: |
Key Actions
Key Action 1
Proposed Action: Scrub clearance and replacement fencing at extant colonies.
Action targets: 7. Best approach adopted at appropriate scales
Action type: Habitat management
Duration: 2 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites: Hayling Island, Frater
Comments: To restore sites to optimum condition.
Key Action 2
Proposed Action: Establish programme to grow Dyer's Greenweed for planting out at sites for potential translocations.
Action targets: 6. Recovery solutions trialled
Action type: Ex situ conservation
Duration: 3-5 years
Scale of Implementation: Not applicable
High priority sites:
Comments: Continued losses of sites which held relatively strong colonies, plus severe damage to a site that held the strongest UK colony, point strongly to the need to establish new colonies on well-managed sites to secure against complete extinction.
Key Action 3
Proposed Action: Undertake translocations and planting of Dyers Greenweed and preparation of sites for translocations to establish new colonies.
Action targets: 8. Species recovering
Action type: Habitat creation
Duration: >10 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites:
Comments:
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.