Coleophora thymi Hering, 1942

from Toll (1962a)
case
Trivalved tubular silken case of 8.9.5 mm with a mouth angle of c. 30°. The case is light brown and has a number of indistinct length lines. The mines are quite small at first, but later the leaves are completely mined out.
The cases cannot be distinguished from those of C. tolli; of neither species the larvae have been described.
host plants
Lamiaceae, monophagous
Thymus odoratissimus, serpyllum.
phenology
From autumn till June.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to Italy and Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
references
Baldizzone (1990b), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Baldizzone, van der Wolf & Landry (2006a), Biesenbaum (1998a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Hering (1942c, 1957a), Kasy (1959b, 1976a), Klimesch (1958c), Šumpich & Vítek (2014a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Toll (1962a).