Coleophora solidaginella Staudinger, 1859
Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae

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
Last modified 28.vi.2017