{"id":27225,"date":"2017-02-06T08:22:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T08:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/lepidoptera\/coleophoridae\/coleophora\/coleophora-potentillae\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T09:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:30:20","slug":"coleophora-potentillae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/parasites\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/lepidoptera\/ditrysia\/gelechioidea\/coleophoridae\/coleophora\/coleophora-potentillae\/","title":{"rendered":"Coleophora potentillae"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em>Coleophora potentillae<\/em> Elisha, 1885<\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"vernacular-name\">shaded case-bearer<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/beeld\/14937_1.jpg\" alt=\"Coleophora potentillae mines\" width=\"340\" height=\"500\"  \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\"><em>Rubus fruticosus<\/em>, Bunderbos<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"centreer1\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/beeld\/14937_2.jpg\" alt=\"Coleophora potentillae mines\" width=\"500\" height=\"539\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\">detail<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"centreer1\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/beeld\/13216.jpg\" alt=\"Coleophora potentillae case\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\"><em>Rubus fruticosus<\/em>, Cadzand, case<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"centreer1\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/beeld\/16103_08.jpg\" alt=\"Coleophora potentillae case\" width=\"500\" height=\"565\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\"><em>Sanguisorba minor<\/em>, Belgium, Viroinval; case<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"centreer1\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/beeld\/16183_02.jpg\" alt=\"Coleophora potentillae cases\" width=\"499\" height=\"390\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\">cases<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"centreer1\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/beeld\/_926_1.jpg\" alt=\"Coleophora potentillae case\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\"><em>Alchemilla xanthochlora<\/em>, Belgium, prov. Namur, Ciney, Lienne \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"centreer1\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/beeld\/_487_1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Coleophora potentillae\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\"><em>Prunus spinosa<\/em>, Belgium, prov. West Flanders \u00a9 Chris Snyers: Two generations! The mines, of which the lower epidermis has been cut away, are the work of a full grown larva. The case is a youth case, quite different from the full grown case, consisting of many small rings, and having a mouth angle of about 90\u00b0.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"topic\">case<\/h3>\n<p>Generally off-white, sometimes darker lobe cae, that lies almost flat on the leaf (mouth angle 30\u00b0-50\u00b0). Case not remarkably wide in its middle section. The lobes are cut from lower epidermis; as a result the mines can have both the usual small holes, and much larger holes, in their underside. (Compare with <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-violacea\"><em>C. violacea<\/em><\/a>, that cuts the lobes from the upper side of the leaf.)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"head-hostplant\">host plants<\/h3>\n<p>mainly oligophagous on herbaceous Rosaceae<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"latinnames\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/agrimonia\">Agrimonia<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/alchemilla\">Alchemilla<\/a> xanthochlora; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/betula\">Betula<\/a> pendula, pubescens; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/crataegus\">Crataegus<\/a> monogyna; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/filipendula\">Filipendula<\/a> ulmaria; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/fragaria\">Fragaria<\/a> vesca; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/geum\">Geum<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/helianthemum\">Helianthemum<\/a> nummularium; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/malus\">Malus<\/a> sylvestris; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/potentilla\">Potentilla<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/prunus\">Prunus<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/ribes\">Ribes<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/rosa\">Rosa<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/rubus\">Rubus<\/a> fruticosus, idaeus; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/salix\">Salix<\/a> caprea, cinerea; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/sanguisorba\">Sanguisorba<\/a> minor; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/spiraea\">Spiraea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>How this apparently polyphagy should be understood is not clear. <em>Coleophora<\/em>-larvae are quite agile, and can easily stray, possibly temporarily, onto a wrong host plant. Also confusion with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-violacea\">Coleophora violacea<\/a><\/em> cannot be excluded.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"head-phenology\">phenology<\/h3>\n<p>Most larvae are full-grown in autumn (Emmet ao, 1996a).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"head-distribution\">BENELUX<\/h3>\n<p>BE recorded (Coenen ao, 1984a; Phegea, 2009).<\/p>\n<p>NE recorded (Kuchlein &#038; de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).<\/p>\n<p>LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"head-distribution\">distribution within Europe<\/h3>\n<p>From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, and from Ireland to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2009).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"topic\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-potentillae-larva\/\">larva<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"head-references\">references<\/h3>\n<p class=\"references\">Arbeitsgemeinschaft Microlepidoptera in  Bayern (2013a), Baldizzone &#038; van der Wolf (2000a), Coenen, De Prins &#038; Henderickx (1984a), Corley, Merckx, Cardoso ao (2012a), Doets (1946a), Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao (1996a), Fazekas, Buschmann &#038; Schreurs (2012a), Hering (1957a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken &#038; Ellis (2007a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken &#038; Ulenberg (2004a, 2005a), Kuchlein &#038; Donner (1993a), Kuchlein &#038; de Vos (1999a), Pastor\u00e1lis, Kosor\u00edn, Tok\u00e1r ao (2018a), Patzak (1974a), De Prins (2010a), De Prins &#038; Steeman (2011a), Robbins (1991a), Sauter &#038; Whitebread (2005a), S\u00f8nderup (1949a), Steeman &#038; Sierens (2018a), Suire (1961a), Toll (1962a), Zoerner (1970a).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coleophora potentillae Elisha, 1885 shaded case-bearer Rubus fruticosus, Bunderbos detail Rubus fruticosus, Cadzand, case Sanguisorba minor, Belgium, Viroinval; case cases Alchemilla xanthochlora, Belgium, prov. Namur, Ciney, Lienne \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e Prunus spinosa, Belgium, prov. West Flanders \u00a9 Chris Snyers: Two generations! 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