Coleophora dianthi Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
on Dianthus, etc.
parasite
Larvae in a light brown, “dusty” tubular silken case. The live, often several together, in the old inflorescences, feeding on the ripening seeds.
host plants
Caryophyllaceae, oligophagous
Dianthus arenarius, carthusianorum, caryophyllus, deltoides, lusitanus, scaber, superbus; Petrorhagia prolifera.
distribution within Europe
Almost entire Europe, missing in most of Scandinavia, the British Isles and the Benelux.
references
Baldizzone (1979a, 1983c, 2020a), Baldizzone & Hartig (1978a), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Corley (2005a), Corley, Maravalhas & Passos de Carvalho (2006a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Kasy (1965a), Nel (1992b,c), Schütze (1931a).