Coleophora artemisicolella Bruand d’Uzelle, 1855
mugwort case-bearer
Artemisia vulgaris, Belgium, Ekeren near Antwerp © Guido De Prins
from Toll (1962a)
case
Larva in a floret that has been eaten out, and strengthened with silk. Usually the larve live in the inflorescence and feed upon the developing fruits, but sometimes one strays to the leaves.
host plants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Artemisia caerulescens subsp. gallica, campestris, vulgaris.
phenology
The larvae are fully fed in September (Emmet ao, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia tot the Pyrenees, Italy, and Bulgaria, and from Britain to Central and South Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Described by Suire (1961a).
references
Baldizzone (1990d), Biesenbaum (2001b), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Emmet ao (1996a), Fazekas & Schreurs (2010a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Klimesch (1958c), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Leideritz (2003a), Leutsch (2011a), Michaelis (1983a), Nel (1992b), Patzak (1974a), De Prins, Steeman & Sierens (2016a), Razowski (1990a), Robbins (1991a), Suire (1961a), Toll (1952a, 1962a), Wullaert (2015a).