from Suire (1961a, calcariella)

from Toll (1962a, flavescentella)

case

Tubular silken case strawn with length rows of detritus fragments.

hostplants

Caryophyllaceae, oligophagous

Agrostemma; Silene italica, viscaria, viscosa.

distribution within Europe

From France to Italy and the Greek mainland, and from Slovakia to the Iberian Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2011).

larva

Described by Suire (1961a).

synonyms

Coleophora calcariella Chrétien, 1901; C. flavescentella Toll, 1961. NB: C. calcariella: Toll, 1962a; Patzak, 1974a is C. amellivora.

references

Baldzizzone (1979c, 1990b), Nel (1992b,c), Suire (1961a).

03/01/2013