Coleophora odorariella Mühlig, 1857

case

A tubular silken case, sprinkled with sand grains. The colour is brownish, with yellowish length lines. The case is trivalved, up to about 13 mm long, and has a mouth angle of ca 45°.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Jurinea humilis, mollis; Serratula.

phenology

Larvae are full grown in July (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany to Romania, but also Spain and Macedonia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

synonyms

Coleophora chrysocomae Hering, 1942.

notes

Hering (1942b) described hid chrysocomae on the basis of material that he had reared from Aster linosyris. It is unconceivable that the synonymy above implies an extension of the palate of
odorariella to this plant. Rather it must be assumed that during the breeding, or the labelling that followed, something went astray.

references

Baldizzone (1988b), Baldizzone, Tokár, Z & S Kovács (2004a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Hering (1957a), Kasy (1959b, 1974a, 1985a), Nel (1992b), Toll (1962a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a).