Coleophora ochrea (Haworth, 1828)

large buff case-bearer

Helianthemum nummularium, Belgium, prov. Namur, Nismes, Tiennne Chalaine © Stéphane Claerebout

mine

from Toll (1952a)

case

A large, composite leaf case of 10-18 mm length, the fully developed case consisting the three successive leaf fragments. Case light brown, bivalved; mouth angle c. 45°. The larva makes mines, but also feeds on the developing seeds.

host plants

Cistaceae, oligophagous

Helianthemum apenninum, nummularium & subsp. obscurum; Tuberaria guttata.

phenology

Larvae from September to end-May of the following year (Emmet ao, 1996a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Sweden tot the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Crete, and from Britain to southern Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Described by Suire (1961a).

notes

Suire (1961a) gives the size of the case as 20-22 mm, and calls it the largest Eupista [Coleophora] known to him.

Youth cases can be confused with the cases of C. bilineella (Kasy, 1969a).

references

Baldizzone (1979a,b, 1983c, 1985d, 2004a), Baldizzone & Luquet (1981a), Baldizzone & Nel (1992a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Corley, Marabuto, Maravalhas, Pires & Cardoso (2008a), Emmet ao (1996a), Hering (1957a), Kasy (1969a, 1985a), Klimesch (1958c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Nel (1992b,c), Patzak (1974a), De Prins (1998a), Razowski (1990a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Toll (1952a, 1962a), Vávra (2016a).