from Toll (1962a)

case

Dark brown composite leaf case of 10-12 mm; rear end laterally strongly compressed, curved downwards; mouth angle c. 60°.

host plants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Ballota nigra; Lamium amplexicaule; Leonurus; Marrubium peregrinum, vulgare; Stachys officinalis; Teucrium chamaedrys.

phenology

The larvae are full grown in June – July (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany, Poland and the Baltic States to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Greece; but also northern and southern Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

synonyms

Calcomargynia ballotella.

references

Baldizzone (1979a, 1983c, 2005a), Beiger (1979a), Biesenbaum (2001b), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Budashkin (2011a), Buhl, Falck, Karsholt, ao (2011a), Buhr (1935a), Drăghia (1968b), Graf, Kaiser, Leutsch ao (2013a), Hering (1924a, 1932g, 1957a), Kasy (1965a), Klimesch (1958c), Patzak (1974a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1968a), Razowksi (1990), Stammer (2016a), Starý (1930a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Toll (1952a, 1962a), Vávra (2016a).