Coleophora ochripennella Zeller, 1849

from Toll (1952a)

Stachys sylvatica, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Thuin © Jean-Yves Baugnée

same leaf, upperside

hibernated case: the lobes have been lost in the course of the hibernation

image of mid-April: this case has been enlarged with a new ring, with a lobe

Stachys byzantina; Belgium, West Flanders, Wielsbeke © Steve Wullaert: hibernated cases

case

Hairy, slender, largely dark brown, lobe case of 8-10 mm long; mouth angle 80-90°. The case is somewhat compressed.

host plants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Ballota nigra; Glechoma hederacea; Lamium album, purpureum; Stachys byzantina, officinalis, sylvatica.

The most important hostplants are Lamium (Hering, 1957a) or Ballota (Patzak, 1974a).

phenology

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

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

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

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Described by Suire (1961a).

references

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Microlepidoptera Bayern (2017a), Baldizzone (1979a, 1983c, 2004a), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Baran (2013a), Biesenbaum (2001b), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Buhr (1935a), Hering (1924a, 1957a, 1961a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Huisman & Koster (1994a, 1998a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ellis (2007a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & Kuchlein-Nijsten (2002a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Nel (1992c), Patzak (1974a), Razowski (1990a, Starý (1930a), Steeman & Sierens (2018a, 2020a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1952a, 1962a).