from Toll (1962a)

case

Trivalved tubular silken case of c. 10 mm long, with a mouth angle of 35-40°. The colour is light grey with indistinct length lines. Youth cases (in April) 1 mm long and entirely covered by sand grains.

host plants

Caryophyllaceae, monophagous

Dianthus arenarius, praecox subsp. lumnitzeri, serotinus.

phenology

Full grown cases in late June.

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

Strongly fragmented distribution between the Baltic States and Central Russia in the north, and the Iberian Peninsula and Macedonia in the south (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

synonyms

Coleophora eudoriella, Toll, 1952

notes

About Dianthus lumnitzeri Glaser (1964a) writes that entire generations of cases can be seen among the felt when large clumps are torn open.

references

Baldizzone (1988b), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Baldizzone, van der Wolf & Landry (2006a), Glaser (1964a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Kasy (1983a).