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), 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).