Coleophora arenicola Toll, 1952
Hedysarum coronarium, Malta © Michael Zerafa
case
9 mm long, brown, lightly curved tubular silken case. The case is trivalved, the mouth angle ± 50°. Anteriorly two dorsal keels.
hostplants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Hedysarum coronarium.
distribution within Europe
Malta (Zerafa).
notes
the fully grown larva is a seed-feeder, but it cannot be excluded that the first stage larva, as yet undescribed, is a leafminer.
references
Zerafa (2015a).