Coleophora follicularis (Vallot, 1802)

agrimony case-bearer

Eupatorium cannabinum, Hinderdam

Inula helenium, Naaldwijk; © Jan Scheffers

feeding pattern

case

A slender tubular silken case, about 10 mm long, straw coloured, three valved. Mouth angle about 30°.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Achillea clavennae, collina, erba-rotta subsp. moschata, millefolium; Anthemis; Carduus; Cirsium arvense; Eupatorium cannabinum; Inula britannica, conyzae, helenium; Leucanthemum vulgare; Pulicaria dysenterica; Tanacetum.

The references to Carduus and Cirsium are dubious, probably stemming from an incorrect or confused interpretation of “C. troglodytella” in the older literature.

Szőcs (1977a) reports occurrence in Hungary on Hieracium and Oenothera; certainly the latter seems a case of xenophagy.

phenology

Full grown cases in April-May (Emmet ao, 1996a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Entire Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

synonyms

Coleophora troglodytella Duponchel, 1843; C. inulifoliae Benander, 1936.

references

Baldizzone (1979a, 1983c, 2004a), Beiger (1960a, 1979a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Buhr (1930a, 1935a,b, 1937a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Emmet ao (1996a), Graf, Jacobasch, Kaiser, ao (2007a), Hering (1926b, 1928a, 1930b, 1957a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2003a), Klimesch (1951b), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kvičala (1938a), Langmaid & Young (2009a), Maček (1999a), Michaelis (1983a), Mitterberger (1931a), Nel (1992b,c), Nowakowski (1954a), Patzak (1974a,b, 1978a), De Prins (2010a), Robbins (1991), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Triberti, Longo Turri, Adami & Zanetti (2017a).