from Toll (1962a)

case

Laterally compressed spatulate leaf case of c. 12 mm. Rear end hardly narrowed, squarely cut off, bivalved. Mouth angle 30°. The larva makes 2 or 3 cases, that are cut out of the leaf margin.Hering (1936b) describes that the larvae, once they have attached the case to a leaf, may entirely leave their case, and then sometimes make real galleries.

hostplants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Dittrichia viscosa; Solidago.

phenology

Larvae till May.

distribution within Europe

Spain, Portugal (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

synonyms

Coleophora conyzae xenia Hering, 1936.

references

Baldizzone (1986a), Baldizzone, van der Wolf & Landry (2006a), Hering (1936b, 1957a), Huertas Dionisio (2002a, 2007a), De Prins & Steeman (2013a), Toll (1962a).

11/09/2016