Coleophora conspersa Baldizzone & Tabell, 1999
on Phlomus
case (case Baldizzone & Tabell, 1999a).
parasite
The larvae mine the leaves from a 7-8 mm long composite leaf case, consisting of three cut out leaf fragments. The latest fragment is quite larve, triangular. The case is very pale brown, densely covered with dirty white stellate hairs. The case is bivalved, the mouth angle is 90°.
hostplants
Lamiaceae, monophagous
Phlomis lycia.
phenology
distribution within Europe
references
Baldizzone & Tabell (1999a), Baldizzone, van der Wolf & Landry (2006a).