Coleophora sylvaticella
Seq # 275020890
Coleophora tamesis

Coleophora taeniipennella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Species

Last modified: March 27, 2021, 11:53 a.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

The fore wings are light ochreous with whitish length lines and a white costa line. Those lines are very narrow although rather good distinguishable.
The antennae are ringed alternating till ½ or sometimes till the top.
Wing span is 9–12,5 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Case

The case is made inside a Juncus flower, so it looks like it. It is 5 mm and trivalved.
The mouth angle is 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 eats the seeds. Later on a case is formed and the larvae are eating 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, still in 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
  • 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