Coleophora solitariella Zeller, 1849
ochreous case-bearer
Stellaria holostea, Loon op Zand
same case, dorsal view
Stellaria holostea, België, BR, Rosières: case, ventral view. It can be seen nicely how the larve widens the case here by intercalation of strips of silk. © Jean-Yves Baugnée
case
Full grown larva in a slender greyish white three-valved tubular silken case of c. 8 mm; mouth angle about 45°. Often several cases together on a small number of plants.
hostplants
Caryophyllaceae, oligophagous
Arenaria serpyllifolia; Cerastium arvense, glomeratum; Myosoton aquaticum; Stellaria alsine, holostea, media, nemorum.
Stellaria holostea is the primary host plant. Associted by Hering (1957a) also with Silene.
phenology
Full grown cases in May (Emmet ao, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Romania, and from Britain to southern Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Described by (Emmet, ao, 1996a).
references
Baldizzone, Tokár, Z & S Kovács (2004a), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Beiger (1960a, 1970a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Buhr (1937a), Hering (1957a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kuchlein ao (1988a), Michalska (1972a, 1976a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patzak (1974a), De Prins (2010a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Razowski (1990a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sønderup (1949a), Starý (1930a), Stolnicu (2007a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1952a, 1962a).