Coleophora sylvaticella
Seq # 275020890
Coleophora tamesis

Coleophora taeniipennella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Species

Last modified: June 17, 2024, 12:10 p.m.

A very rare and local species in Belgium.

Details

Classification
Family: Coleophoridae > Genus: Coleophora > Species: Coleophora taeniipennella
Vernacular names
Gestreepte ruskokermot (NL), Small rush case-bearer (EN)
Synonyms
Coleophora galactaula Meyrick, 1828
First mention in Belgium
Janmoulle E. 1956. Espèces nouvelles pour la faune belge (suite). — Lambillionea 56: 1, 58, 81. On page 1.
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 9–12,5 mm.
The light ochreous forewings with narrow whitish length lines and a white costal line.
The antennae are ringed alternating till half or sometimes towards the top.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Case

The 5 mm, trivalved, and well-camouflaged case is made inside a Juncus flower and has a mouth angle of 20°.

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Bionomics

The eggs are deposited on a flower of the food plant. The young larvae live in a fruitlet and eat the seeds. Later on, a case is formed and the larvae eat the fruits from the outside.
Larvae from August till November.
The full-fed larva generally leaves to host plant to hibernate elsewhere.
Pupation in the following spring, is still the case.

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Flight periods

They are on the wing from mid-June till the beginning of August.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Juncus articulatus and Juncus acutiflorus
Host plant (genera):
Juncus

Mainly Juncus articulatus & acutiflorus.

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Habitat

The food plant stands in rather moist area's.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1790 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1791 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1965 Antwerpen
  • 1919 Limburg
  • 212 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 28 Brabant Wallon
  • 1674 Hainaut
  • 2217 Namur
  • 2140 Liège
  • 2220 Luxembourg