Coleophora salicorniae Heinemann & Wocke, 1877
glasswort case-bearer
from Toll (1962a)
Salicornia europaea, England, Somerset, Bridgwater Bay, 7.x.2018 © Mark Wilson
case
larva
case
Most of his life the larva lives as a stem borer. When almost fully fed it lives for a short wile in a case, made out of a cut end of a spike. Next, before the winter, it drops to the ground, leaves its case, and pupates in a siken cocoon in the mud.
host plants
Amaranthaceae, oligophagous
Salicornia europaea.
phenology
Cases can best be looked for around October 10 (Emmet ao, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
All Europe, including the Mediterranean Islands and Cyprus (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
See Emmet ao (1996a).
synonyms
Coleophora cypriacella Rebel, 1928.
references
Baldizzone (1979a, 1982c, 1983c, 1996a), Baldizzone, Bella & Russo (1999a), Bond (2001a), Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao (1996a), Gerstberger (2003a), Gielis, Huisman, Kuchlein ao (1985a), Glaser (1958a), Hering (1957a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Kasy (1959a, 1965a), Patzak (1974a), Ricker (2010a), Schütze (1931a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1952a, 1962a), Wegner (2010a).