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), 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).