Coleophora pennella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: Jan. 20, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
A very rare species in Belgium, mainly occurring on dry calcareous or sandy soils.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Coleophoridae > Genus: Coleophora > Species: Coleophora pennella
- Vernacular names
- Haartjeskokermot (NL), Bugloss case-bearer (EN), Natternkopf-Sackmotte (DE)
- Synonyms
- Coleophora onosmella (Brahm, 1791) and Coleophora struthionipennella (Hübner, 1796)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 25 (as struthionipennella). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wing span: 15,5–21 mm, therefore this species is one of the bigger Coleophoridae in Belgium.
The fore wings look like to be totally white, due to so many white length lines on a ochreous under ground.
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Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Case
The case look like a willow catkin, because of the use of so many different host plants, the case can look very different.
The mouth angle is 70°.
Bionomics
The young larva feeds on the developing seeds and hibernates in its first case which is made of the tip of a petal. After the winter the larva makes a composite case resembling a willow catkin.
The larvae live mostly at the tip of a leaf or the fleck mines are made at the margin of the leaves, that thereby look peculiarly damaged.
Larvae are full grown in mid May – early June.
Before pupating the larvae may wander around a lot, so they can be found at many different
plants being not there feeding plant.
The adults come to light.
See also bladmineerders.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year: from late May till July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Echium vulgare
- Host plant (genera):
- Anchusa, Echium, Cynoglossum, Lithospermum, Myosotis, Pulmonaria, Hieracium, Lycopus, Nepeta, Origanum, Stachys and Verbascum
- Substrates:
- Herbaceous plants
The larva lives mainly on Anchusa officinalis or Echium vulgare but also on a lot of other plants.
Habitat
Calcareous and sandy arias.
