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.
host plants
Caryophyllaceae, oligophagous
Dianthus arenarius, caryophyllus, deltoides, pontederae, scaber, 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, 2020a), Baldizzone & Luquet (1981a), Corley, Rosete, Romão ao (2015a), Hering (1957a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Klimesch (1952b), Nel (1992b), Stark & Buchner (2016a), Suire (1961a), Toll (1952a, 1962a), Vávra (2016a).