Coleophora rudella Toll, 1944
case (from Nel, 1994b)
case
Until their third instars the larvae live freely in a flower, feeding on the developing seeds. Only then do they construct a case, out of a calyx.
hostplants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Anthyllis cytisoides.
phenology
Hibernation as young larva.
distribution within Europe
Southern France, Spain, Baleares, Sardinia, Italy, and Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
See Nel (1994b).
notes
The description of the case by Baldizzone ao (1981) was based on a misidentification and actually applied C. alacanta.
references
Baldizzone & Hartig (1978a), Baldizzone & Luquet (1981a), Baldizzone ao (1981a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Nel (1992b, 1994b), Tabell (2012a).