from Toll (1952)

case

Elongate-fusiform tubular silken case; the case is decorated by about 6 broad length bands of rather coarse sand grains. The case is 5-7 mm long; the mouth angle is c. 45°.

hostplants

Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous

Galatella linosyris.

An adult has also been swept from Galatella sedifolia (Baldizzone & Nel, 1994b).

phenology

Larvae from September till May (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

From Germany to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from France to Hungary; moreover known from South Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

references

Baldizzone (1979a, 1985a), Baldizzone & Nel (1994b), Hering (1957a), Patzak (1974a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1952a, 1962a).