Coleophora drymidis Mann, 1957
Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae
case
Brown, tubular (?) leaf case of 7-8 mm; the case covered by a dense wool and has a mouth angle of c. 35°.
hostplants
Caryophyllaceae, monophagous
Drypis spinosa.
phenology
Full grown larvae in June.
distribution within Europe
Croatia, Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
notes
Possibly not a leafminer but a seed-eater!
references
Baldizzone (1981a), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Hering (1957a).
10/11/2011