Coleophora squamella Constant, 1885

case

Laterally compressed, somewhat arched, composite leaf case of 5-6 mm, made of only a few, rather large leaf fragments.

The case of paragenistae measures about 5 mm, is very flat and broad because the leaf fragments are placed perpendicular to the long axis, more or less in one plane. Mouth angle c. 45°.

host plants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Dorycnium pentaphyllum & subsp. germanicum; Lotus corniculatus, cytisoides, pedunculatus, tenuis.

phenology

Larvae from early in the summer till in spring; adults in autumn and late spring (Suire, 1961a); Hering (1957a) therefore thinks of two generations.

distribution within Europe

From Czechia to Sardinia and Italy, and from France to Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva

Described by Suire (1961a).

synonyms

Coleophora paragenistae Kasy, 1964 (Baldizzone ao, 2006a).

notes

The illustration of the case of paragenistae by Kasy and the one of squamella by Toll are widely different. (Two other available illustrations, by Hering (1957a) and Suire (1961a) agree well with the drawing by Toll.)

references

Baldizzone (1978c, 1979e, 1984a, 2007a, 2020A), Baldizzone, Tokár, Z & S Kovács (2004a), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Baldizzone, van der Wolf & Landry (2006a), Hering (1957a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Kasy (1964a, 1983a, 1985a, 1987a), Maček (1999a), Nel (1992c), Suire (1961a), Toll (1962a).