Coleophora paripennella Zeller, 1839 Species
Last modified: March 26, 2021, 10:43 a.m.
A very rare species in Belgium, living locally in rather wet biotopes.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Coleophoridae > Genus: Coleophora > Species: Coleophora paripennella
- Vernacular names
- Bronskokermot (NL), Dark thistle case-bearer (EN)
- Synonyms
- Coleophora aereipennis sensu auct., nec Heinemann & Wocke, 1877
- First mention in Belgium
- Dufrane A. 1957. Microlépidoptères de la faune belge, (huitième note). — Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 33(32): 1–16. On page 14.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
The fore wings are metal green. The antennae are blackish dark till 2/3 to the tip, beyond there they are white.
Wingspan is 10–13 mm.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Caterpillar
Head and plates are black. The body is dull yellowish white.
Case
The caterpillar makes a blackish brown trivalved case of about 8 mm.
The mouth angle is 0°–10°, causing the case to lay almost flat on the leaf.
See also bladmineerders.be.
Mine
The caterpillar makes a lot of little distinct fleck mines.
Bionomics
The larvae live at the under side of a leaf. They are fully grown at the end of May or beginning of June.
Pupation takes place on a stem nearby ground level.
Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year: from late May till early July, sometimes even till the end of August.
