Coleophora silenella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Species
Last modified: Dec. 14, 2024, 8:13 a.m.
This species is probably extinct in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Coleophoridae > Genus: Coleophora > Species: Coleophora silenella
- Vernacular names
- Geaderde silenekokermot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Coleophora nutantella Mühlig & Frey, 1857 and Coleophora inflatae Stainton, 1857
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E., Mors L. & Weyers J. 1861. Rapport sur les excursions entomologiques faites dans la Campine anversoise. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 5: 47–51. On page 25 (as Coleophora inflatae). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 14–20 mm.
The forewings are very light ochreous colored. The veins have lighter lines with little blackish dots.
The antennae are indistinctly alternately light brown-white ringed.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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This is a dark greyish brown, 8 mm long, trivalved tube with a mouth angle of 40°.
See also bladmineerders.be.
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Bionomics
The caterpillar bores out of the flower or seed-capsule at the end of there life. From this case holes are bitten in the walls of new capsules.
The caterpillars are fully grow in May.
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Flight periods
They are on the wing from the end of May till the middle of July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Silene vulgaris and Silene nutans
- Host plant (genera):
- Silene
This species lives monophagously on Silene spp.
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