Coleophora colutella Fabricius (1794)

from Toll (1962a)
case
Lobe case; anterior 2/3 with widely expanding leaf fragments, rear, oldest 1/3 without, and at the same time very strongly curved downwards. Immediately behind the mouth a number of much smaller, circular, leaf fragments. Mouth angle 45°.
host plants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Anthyllis; Astragalus danicus, glycyphyllos; Colutea arborescens; Coronilla vaginalis; Cytisus; Genista; Hippocrepis comosa, emerus & subsp. emeroides; Laburnum; Lotus corniculatus, maritimus, pedunculatus; Oxytropis; Securigera varia; Vicia.
phenology
Larvae from autumn till in May (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe, except the British Islands (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Described by Suire (1961a).
synonyms
Coleophora serenella Duponchel, 1843; C. crocinella Tengström, 1848.
references
Ahr (1966a), Baldizzone (1979a, 1983c, 1990b, 2004a), Beiger (1955a, 1960a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Buhr (1930a, 1935a, 1964a, 1935a), Burmann (1992a), Chrétien (1927a), Corley, Maravalhas & Passos de Carvalho (2006a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1921a, 1930b, 1932g, 1957a, 1967a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (2012a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Kasy (1974a, 1983a), Klimesch (1950c), Kvičala (1938a), Leutsch (2002a), Lhomme (1934b), Maček (1999a), Nel (1992b,c), Nowakowski (1954a), Patzak (1974a), Razowski (1990a), Schmid (2019a), Skala (1951a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Starý (1930a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Toll (1962a).