Coleophora salinella Stainton, 1859
sea-purslane case-bearer

Halimione portulacoides, Texel, de Cocksdorp
mine
Full grown larva in an almost smooth, greyish-brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of c. 6 mm and a mouth angle of 30-45°.
host plants
Amaranthaceae, oligophagous
Atriplex littoralis, patula, prostrata; Halimione portulacoides.
phenology
The larvae are active from September to October, when they are full-fed; they hibernate and pupate in June – July (Emmet ao, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (De Prins, 2008b).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Britain and the Ukraine to the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, and Cyprus (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Described by Emmet ao (1996a).
notes
Only in salt marshes.
It is astonishing that the species is not mentioned in many of the more important publications on Coleophoridae (Toll, 1952a; Hering, 1957a; Suire, 1961a; Toll, 1962a; Patzak, 1974a; Razowski, 1990). It cannot but imply that salinella in the past has been confused with other species.
references
Baldizzone (1996a), Baldizzone, Bella & Russo (1999a), Baldizzone & Nel (1994b), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Baldizone, van der Wolf & Landry (2006a), Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao (1996a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), De Prins (2008b), Schütze (1931a).