Coleophora adelogrammella Zeller 1849

Petrorhagia saxifraga, Oostenrijk; uit Klimesch (1052b)

same, youth case

case

Trivalved tubular silken case of 7-7.5 mm; mouth angle 30-35°; antero-dorsally mostly with a conspicuous darkened field. The youth case, that still functions during the hibernation, is a blackish brown bivalved sheath case.

In spring the larvae not only mine the leaves, but also the stems; they do so much damage that the shoots turn brown and die.

hostplants

Caryophyllaceae, oligophagous

Dianthus arenarius, deltoides, sylvestris; Petrorhagia prolifera, saxifraga.

phenology

Larvae from September till June (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

From Fennoscandia to Iberia, Corsica, Italy, Macedonia and Thrace, and from France to Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Described by Klimesch (1952b) and Suire (1961a).

synonyms

Coleophora separatella Benander, 1939.

references

Baldizzone (1979a, 1987b), Baldizzone & Luquet (1981a), Hering (1957a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Klimesch (1952b), Nel (1992b), Suire (1961a), Toll (1952a, 1962a).