Coleophora valesianella Zeller 1849
Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae

from Toll (1962a)
“C. giraudi”; from Toll (1962a)
case
White pistol case, covered all over with a translucent, foam-like pallium of silken scales; mouth angle about 45°. Contrary to C. vicinella the pallium reaches down to the mouth, and is white in colour.
Generally the larva mines all leaflets of a leaf, before moving on, which makes it quite conspicuous.
hostplants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Astragalus monspessulanus, sempervirens; Hippocrepis.
A reference to Dorycnium suffruticosum by Chrétien (1926a, as C. giraudi) probably is erroneous.
phenology
Larvae from autumn till spring the following year (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Europe, south of France – Austria – Romania; also Cyprus (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Described by Chrétien (1927a) and Suire (1961a).
synonyms
Coleophora giraudi Ragonot, 1874.
references
Baldizzone (1979a, 1987b, 1990b, 1996a), Baldizzone & Nel (1992a, 1993c), Burmann (1979a, 1992a), Chrétien (1926a, 1927a), Hering (1957a), Nel (1992b,c), Suire (1961a), Toll (1962a).
08/02/2017