Coleophora trochilella (Duponchel, 1843)
verge case-bearer
Tanacetum vulgare, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Balen, Griesbroek © Carina Van Steenwinkel
Achillea millefolium, Belgium, Liège © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Artemisia vulgaris, Castricum
mines, leaf underside
case
A straw-coloured, slender, three-valved case of he type “tubular silken case”; length about 10 mm, mouth angle 45° – 60°. Larve at the leaf underside. Perhaps because of the plant’s dense felt cover, the case is attached with much silk, giving the openings a conspicuous white margin.
hostplants
Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous
Achillea millefolium; Artemisia absinthium, vulgaris; Carduus; Inula; Leucanthemum vulgare; Tanacetum corymbosum, vulgare.
Because in the past the interpretation of this species has long been uncertain, references of food plants from that time are unreliable. References to Hieracium need confirmation.
phenology
Cases from August till June of the following year.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe, with possible exception of parts of the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
synonyms
Coleophora axana Hering, 1942; Coleophora troglodytella auct. (incl. Hering, 1957a); C. trochilella sensu Hering 1957 appears to be C. peribenanderi [Emmet ao, 1996a].
references
Baldizzone (1985d, 1989e, 2004a), Baldizzone & Hartig (1978a), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Buhr (1964a), Emmet ao (1996a), Hering (1957a), Huisman & Koster (1996a, 2000a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Kozlov & Kullberg (2006a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Langmaid (1991b), Leutsch (2011a), Maček (1999a), Patzak (1974a,b), Robbins (1991a), Wieser & Huemer (1999a), Zimmermann & Skala (1946a).