Coleophora salicorniae
Seq # 275020760
Coleophora saponariella

Coleophora salinella Stainton, 1859 Species

Last modified: Jan. 20, 2024, 4:01 p.m.

A very rare species in Belgium, seen for the first time in our country in 2007.

Details

Classification
Family: Coleophoridae > Genus: Coleophora > Species: Coleophora salinella
Vernacular names
Melkwitte meldekokermot (NL), Sea-purslane case-bearer (EN)
First mention in Belgium
De Prins W. 2008b. Coleophora salinella (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae), a species new to Belgium. — Phegea 36(2): 71–72. On page 71. view page
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan: 8,5–13 mm.
The fore wings are light ochreous coloured with many little black stipples between the veins.
The antennae are ringed till 2/3 from the tip, and the tip is for 1/3 pure white.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Case

The full-grown larva lives in an almost smooth, greyish-brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of 6 mm and a mouth angle of 30°–45°.
See also bladmineerders.be.

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Bionomics

At first, the caterpillars are mining the leaves, later on they live on the seeds.
The larvae are active from September to October.
When they are full-fed, they hibernate and pupate in June–July.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in July and August.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Atriplex littoralis, Atriplex prostrata and Halimione portulacoides

It lives mostly on Atriplex spp.

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Habitat

This species is only to be found in saltmarshes.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1780 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1778 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1954 Antwerpen
  • 1903 Limburg
  • 196 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 25 Brabant Wallon
  • 1661 Hainaut
  • 2202 Namur
  • 2126 Liège
  • 2212 Luxembourg