Coleophora conspicuella Zeller, 1849

knapweed case-bearer

case

A relatively large (12-15 mm), dark brown, lightly curved, somewhat compressed laterally, two-valved sheath case with a narrow ventral keel. Mouth angle 30-45.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Aster amellus; Centaurea aspera, “brachycephalum”, jacea, nigra, pectinata, scabiosa; Cyanus montanus; Galatella cana, linosyris, sedifolia & subsp. biflora.

In Britain only on Centaurea nigra. The references to Scabiosa in Hering (1957a), and to Chrysanthemum in Emmet ea (1996a) were mistaken; a reference to Achillea by Patzak (1974a) goes back to a source that cannot be retraced.

phenology

Larvae are full grown in May (Emmet ea, 1996a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Wullaert, 2015a).

NE extinct (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Entire Europe, Ireland excepted (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Described by Suire (1961a).

pupa

Illustrated by Patočka (1997a).

synonyms

Multicoloria conspicuella.

references

Baldizzone (1979a, 1985d, 1988b, 1990b, 2020a), Biesenbaum (2001b), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Budashkin & Savchuk (2010a), Emmet, Langmain, Bland ao (1996a), Gerstberger (2000a), Hering (1928a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Kasy (1965a), Klimesch (1958c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Nel (1992b,c), Patočka (1997a), Patzak (1974a), Razowski (1990a), Segerer, Neumayr, Pröse & Kolbeck (1994a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Stolnicu (2008a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Thomann (1956a), Toll (1952a, 1962a), Wullaert (2015a).