Coleophora riffelensis Rebel, 1913

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).