Coleophora chalcogrammella Zeller, 1839

pointed case-bearer

case

In autumn the larva makes a short corridor, that widens into a smnall 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°.

hostplants

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).