Coleophora chalcogrammella Zeller, 1839
pointed case-bearer

from Toll (1962a)
case
In autumn the larva makes a short corridor, that widens into a small blotch, out of which the first case is cut. The final case, after hibernation, is a brown, tubular silken case, three-valved, c. 6 cm long, with a mouth angle of about 30°.
host plants
Caryophyllaceae, narrowly monophagous
Arenaria serpyllifolia; Cerastium arvense; Moehringia trinervia; Stellaria graminea, holostea.
The main hostplant is Cerastium arvense.
phenology
Full-grown cases in May (Emmet ao, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Sweden and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Alps, and from Britain to Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Described by Emmet ao (199a).
references
Buhr (1935b), Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao (1996a), Hering (1957a), Huisman & Koster (1999a), Klimesch (1958c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Michalska (1976a), van Nieukerken, Gielis, Huisman ao (1993a), Patzak (1974a), De Prins (1998a), Pröse (1995a), Razowski (1990a), Schütze (1931a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1952a, 1962a).