Coleophora pyrrhulipennella Zeller, 1839
ling case-bearer
Erica tetralix, Belgium, prov. Liège, Lierneux, Fagne de la Crépale © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Calluna vulgaris, Belgium, Antwerpen, Berendrecht; © Guido De Prins
Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Zeegser Duinen © Ben van As
case and feeding traces
from Toll (1962a)
case
Shining black bivalved sheath case of c. 9 mm long with a mouth angle of c. 20°, and a distinct ventral keel.
host plants
Ericaceae, oligophagous
Calluna vulgaris; Erica arborea, australis, ciliaris, cinerea, manipuliflora, tetralix.
Very exceptional is an observation by Ben van As of two specimens on Vaccinium vitis-idaea (pictures above). On Erica arborea in the Mediterranean area lives the vicariating C. pulchripennella.
phenology
Larvae are full grown around mid-May (Emmet ea, 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 Fennoscandia to the Mediterranean, and from Ireland and Portugal to Romania and Crete (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
See Emmet ao (1996a), Suire (1961a).
notes
The biology, youth case, and the remarkable adaptation to the leaf morphology of the hostplant is discussed by Feehan (1996a).
references
Baldizzone (1979a, 1983c), Baldizzone & Hartig (1978a), Baldizzone & Landry (2011a), Baldizzone, Tokár, Kovács & Kovács, (2004a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Buhr (1935a), Corley, Marabuto, Maravalhas ao (2011a), Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao (1996), Feehan (1996a), Graf, Kaiser, Leutsch ao (2013a), Hering (1957a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Klimesch (1942a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Michaelis (1983a), Nel (1992b,c), Patzak (1974a), De Prins (1998a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a, 2013a), Razowski (1990a), Robbins (1991a), Sammut (2008a), Sønderup (1949a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1952a, 1962a).