Coleophora squamella Constant, 1885

from Toll (1962a)
The illustration of C. paragenistae in Kasy (1964a); case fixed to a stalk.
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).