Coleophora bilineatella Zeller, 1849
from Toll (1962a)
case
Very slender composite leaf case of 12-19 mm length, composed of 7-9 leaf fragments. Mouth angle c. 45°. The youth case is 2-3 mm long, laterally compressed, composed of epidermis, distally narrowed and curved.
host plants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Dorycnium hirsutum, pentaphyllum & subsp. germanicum + herbaceum.
Other host plants attributed in the literature to bilineatella probably refer to C. saturatella.
phenologyLarvae from June till April. According to Hering (1957a) the larvae do not feed after the hibernation, but Suire does not agree. In Austria the larvae are active until in october; they hibernate at the foot of the host plant.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy, and Greece, and from France to Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Described by Suire (1961a).
synonyms
Coleophora perserenella Rebel, 1919; C. joannisella Suire, 1930.
Probably all references to C. bilineatella prior to the studies by Baldizzone, ca. 1980, in fact refer to C. saturatella.
references
Baldizzone (1979a, 1986b, 1987b, 2020a), Baldizzone & Hartig (1978a), Baldizzone, Tokár, Z & S Kovács (2004a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Cleve (1979a), Hering (1957a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Kasy (1983a, 1985a), Klimesch (1938c, 1942a, 1958c), Nel (1992b,c), Patzak (1974a,b), Suire (1961a), Šumpich & Liška (2018a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Toll (1962a).