from Toll (1962a)

case

Slender, laterally compressed, sheath case with a clear ventral keel. The case has a number of fine diagonal ridges running backwards-downwards. Rear end bent somewhat down, darker than the remainder of the case. Mouth angle about 20°.

hostplants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Coronilla; Medicago.

phenology

Larvae from autumn till June of the following year (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany and Poland to Italy, Macedonia, and Romania; moreover known from southern Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

synonyms

Coleophora medicaginis Herrich-Schäffer, 1861.

references

Baldizzone (1979a, 1986b), Baldizzone, Tokár, Z & S Kovács (2004a), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Burmann (1992a), Haslberger, Lichtmannecker, Heindel ao (2014a), Hering (1957a), Kasy (1965a), Klimesch (1958c), Pröse (1995a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1962a).