Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Coleophora macrobiella

Coleophora macrobiella Constant, 1885

Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae

Coleophora macrobiella case

from Toll (1962a)

case

Very slender, dark grey, tubular silken case of 15-16 mm.

hostplants

Amaranthaceae, monophagous

Camphorosma monspeliaca.

phenology

Larvae from October till May.

distribution within Europe

Southern France, Spain (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

references

Baldizzone (1978c, 1987a), Baldizzone, van der Wolf & Landry (2006a), Hering (1957a), Nel (1992c), Suire (1961a), Toll (1962a).

09/03/2011

Last modified 28.vi.2017