Coleophora saturatella Stainton, 1850

broom case-bearer

Cytisus scoparius, Amersfoort © Hetty Soetekouw

another specimen

Genista tinctoria, Belgium, prov. Namur, Seilles © Jean-Yves Baugnée

case

Very untidy, bivalved, lobe case of 7-8 mm. The mouth angle is 90°, causing the case to be perpendicular to the leaf.

host plants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Cytisus scoparius; Lembotropis nigricans; Genista scorpius, tinctoria; Spartium junceum; Ulex europaeus.

phenology

The larvae are full grown around June (Emmet ea, 1996a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Sweden tot the Pyrenees, Alps, and Albania, and from Britain to Romania, and, widely disjunct, South Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Described by Suire (1961a).

synonyms

Coleophora bilineatella, marginatella: auctorum; C. tinctoriella Coverdale, 1885.

references

Beiger (1960a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Buhr (1935b, 1937a), Corley, Rosete, Romão ao (2015a), Drăghia (1972a), Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao (1996a), Hering (1924a, 1957a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Leutsch (2011a), Michaelis (1983a), Nel (1992c), Patzak (1974a), De Prins (1998a), Pröse (1995a), Razowski (1990a), Robbins (1991a), Sønderup (1949a), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1952a, 1962a), Wieser & Huemer (1999a).