Coleophora peribenanderi Toll, 1943
pale thistle case-bearer
Cirsium arvense, Nieuwendam
Cirsium arvense, Belgium, prov. Brabant, Cortil-Noirmont;© Jean-Yves Baugnée
Cirsium arvense, Belgium, prov. Liège, Bernalmont © Jean-Yves Baugnée
mines
Belgium, West Flanders, Wielsbeke: exceptionally large case © Steve Wullaert
case
Yellow-brown to light grey tubular silken case with darker length lines. The case is fairly large (up to 17 mm) and very slender. The rear end is three-valved, the mouth angle about 50°. The larva feeds at the underside of the leaf.
host plants
Asteraceae, oligophagous
Arctium lappa; Carduus acanthoides, tenuiflorus; Carlina; Centaurea; Cirsium acaule, arvense, ferox, monspessulanum, oleraceum, palustre, vulgare.
Carduus and Cirsium certainly are the most important hostplants.
phenology
Full-grown cases in September – October; after hibernation the larve usually does not feed any more and pupates (Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (van der Wolf, 1992a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Almost all Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
synonyms
Coleophora therinella: auct.; C. trochilella: Hering, 1957a.
references
Baldizzone (1979a, 1983c, 1984a, 1990c), Baldizzone & Hartig (1978a), Baldizzone, Tokár, Z & S Kovács (2004a), Beiger (1958a), Biesenbaum (2001b), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Buhr (1935a), Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao (1996a), Hering (1957a), Huisman & Koster (1999a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kvičala (1938a), Leutsch (2011a), Michaelis (1983a), van Nieukerken, Gielis, Huisman ao (1993a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patzak (1974a), Pröse (1995a), Razowski (1990a), Robbins (1991a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1962a), Wieser & Huemer (1999a), van der Wolf (1992a).