Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928
saltmarsh case-bearer
on halophilous Amaranthaceae

from Toll (1952a)
Saliornia europaea, Belgium, prov. West Flanders, het Zwin © Stépane Claerebout
feeding trace in old inflorescence
case
Greyish brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of 6.5-7 mm with a mouth angle of c. 20°. The case has indistinct length lines and is peppered with dark, granular, material.
host plants
Amaranthaceae, oligophagous
Atriplex littoralis; Halimione portulacoides; Salicornia; Suaeda maritina.
phenology
The larva is full grown in October, and does not feed any more after the hibernation.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia and North Russia to France, Poland and Romania, and from Ireland to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Described by Emmet (1996a).
notes
Generally the larvae live on the ripening fruits, but occasionally one is found on the leaves.
references
Baldizzone, Tokár, Kovács & Kovács (2004a), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao (1996a), Gielis, Huisman, Kuchlein ao (1985a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Jansen & Asselbergs (1993a), Kozlov & Kullberg (2006a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Landry ao (2013a), Patzak (1974a), De Prins (1998a), Rickert (2010a, 2011a), Suire (1961a), Toll (1952a), Wegner (2010a, 2013a).