Coleophora bilineella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
from Toll (1962a)
Cistus creticus, Malta © Michael Zerafa
Often a new leaf segment is attached to the old one under an angle. The oldest parts of the case then loose their function, and the oral opening of the new section is reused as the anal one.
case
Laterally adpressed, composite leaf case, built of 2-4 leaf fragments of different age (colour). Case small, < 10 mm, bivalved, mouth angle 45°. The youth case is excised out of a blotch mine, mostly at the leaf margin. Fleck mines hypophyllous.
host plants
Cistaceae, oligophagous
Cistus creticus, monspeliensis, salviifolius; Fumana; Helianthemum canum, hirtum.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Europe, south of France, Switzerland, Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
notes
The smalll cases can easily be confused with youth cases of Coleophora ochrea (Kasy, 1969a).
references
Baldizzone (1983c, 1996a), Baldizzone & Hartig (1978a), Chrétien (1926a), Hering (1957a, 1967a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Kasy (1969a), Krone (1904a), Nel (1992b), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1962a), Zerafa (2015a).