Coleophora lassella Staudinger, 1859 Species
Last modified: May 4, 2024, 8:12 p.m.
A very rare and local species, after more than 60 years absence found again.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Coleophoridae > Genus: Coleophora > Species: Coleophora lassella
- Vernacular names
- Greppelrusjeskokermot (NL), Toad-rush case-bearer (EN)
- Synonyms
- Coleophora teidensis Walsingham, 1908
- First mention in Belgium
- Janmoulle E. 1952c. Notes sur les Microlépidoptères de Belgique. IV. Quelques espèces nouvelles pour la faune belge ou peu connues. — Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 28(68): 1–8. On page 7.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 10–12 mm.
This species has dark grey-brown forewings with a broad and white costa line, while the other longitudinal lines are very narrow.
The antennae are very clearly ringed alternately black and white till the tip.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Case
The caterpillar lives in a case made from a seed. It is 4–5 mm long.
The mouth angle is 20–30°.
See also bladmineerders.be.
Bionomics
The eggs are deposited on a flower of the food plant.
At first de small caterpillar lives invisibly in a flower or a seed, eating there. Later it cuts a seed loose to live in.
The full-fed larva leaves the host plant, hibernates, and pupates within the case in springtime.
Flight periods
The adults fly from mid-May till mid-August.
