Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
hazel case-bearer
Corylus avellana, Foxwolde, de Kleibos, 2.xi.2019 © Ben van As

Corylus avellana, Bunderbos, 8.xi.2005

Corylus avellana, Bunderbos

detail
case
Lobe case. Many small leaf fragments are attached to the tubular case; its end is strongly curved downwards. The larvae are attached to the leaf underside, where they make a large number of relatively small fleck mines.
host plants
Betulaceae, Corylaceae; narrowly polyphagous
Alnus; Betula pendula, pubescens; Carpinus betulus; Corylus avellana.
Hazel is the most important hostplant.
phenology
Full grown cases in August and October (Emmet ao, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (De Prins, 2003a).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia and Finland to the Pyrenees, Italy, Albania and Romania, and from Ireland to Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
references
Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Buhr (1964a), Dimic (1971a), Emmet ao (1996a), Haslberger, Lichtmannecker, Heindel ao (2014a), Hering (1927b, 1957a), Huemer (1986b), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ellis (2007a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2005a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Klimesch (1950c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Maček (1999a), Michna (1975a), van Nieukerken, Gielis, Huisman, Koster ao (1993a), Patzak (1974a), De Prins (2003a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a, 2014a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Steeman & Sierens (2018a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1962a), Tomov & Krusteva (2007a).