Coleophora chamaedriella Bruand d’Uzelle, 1851

Coleophora chamaedriella case

from Toll (1962a)

case

Yellow brown lobe case of 10-12 mm, with a mouth angle of c. 80°.

hostplants

Lamiaceae, Plantaginaceae; narrowly polyphagous

Teucrium chamaedrys, scorodonia; Veronica.

The association with Veronica perhaps needs further confirmation. Suire (1961a) remarks that the larva, about to pupate, sometimes strays far from its host plant.

phenology

Larvae from September till May (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Poland to Spain, Sardinia, Italy, and Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Described by Suire (1961a).

synonyms

Coleophora chamaedryella: auctorum.

references

Baldizzone (1979a, 1988b, 1990b,d, 2004a), Baldizzone & Hartig (1978a), Baldizzone & Luquet (1981a), Baldizzone & Nel (1992a), Hering (1957a), Kasy (1965a, 1979a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Nel (1992b), Patzak (1974b), De Prins (1998a), Razowski (1990a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Toll (1952a, 1962a), Vávra (2016a).