Coleophora feoleuca Baldizzone, 1989

From Baldizzone (1989c)

Salsola webbii, Spain, Almeria, Enix © Pete & Ginny Clarke; identification confirmed by Huo van der Wolf, based on bred material

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case

Light to dark brown composite leaf case, made up of 2-3 elements. The case is extremeley slender and 11-14 mm long. Mouth angle c. 45°. Anal end irregularly bivalved.

hostplants

Amaranthaceae, oligophagous

Salsola oppositifolia, webbii; Suaeda altissima.

distribution within Europe

Spain (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

notes

Earlier pictures on this site, taken at almost the same locality on Salsola oppositifolia, showed shorter, much more compact cases. Probably, but as yet insufficiently certainly, these represented the youth cases of the species.

references

Baldizzone (1989c).

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