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).