Coleophora nubivagella Zeller, 1849

youth cases, stages 1-3; from Toll (1962a).

Silene vulgaris; uit Toll (1962a)
case
The larva starts by making a corridor, that may even be branching, from which the first case is cut. The final case is a tubular silken case with a rough surface and 5-6 darker length lines; the mouth angle is c. 30°. Hering (1957a) gives 9-16 mm as the length of the case (using this character to distinguish the species from C. saponariella), but Suire (1961a) gives 6-7 mm.
host plants
polyphagous on low herbs, especially Caryophyllaceae
Anthyllis vulneraria & subsp. alpestris; Arenaria ciliata; Cerastium alpinum, arvense & subsp. glandulosum; Dianthus myrtinervius, plumarius, pyrenaicus; Dryas octopetala; Gypsophila repens; Minuartia austriaca, setacea; Primula auricula, minima; Saponaria ocymoides; Silene acaulis, pusilla, saxifraga, vulgaris.
phenology
Larvae from autumn till June (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy, Macedonia and Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
synonyms
Coleophora lineariella Zeller, 1849; C. fulvosquamella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855; C. prinziella Krone, 1913; C. sociella Müller-Rutz, 1920.
references
Baldizzone (1979a, 1982e, 1987b, 2004a, 2008a), Baldizzone & Nel (1992b), Baldizzone, van der Wolf & Landry (2006a), Hering (1942c, 1957a), Klimesch (1940c, 1949a, 1950c, 1951b, 1958c), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2017a), Marek & Krampl (1990a), Nel (1992b), Patzak (1974a), Razowski (1990a), Schmid (2019a), Suire (1961a), Toll (1952a, 1962a).