Coleophora limoniella (Stainton, 1884) Species
Last modified: Dec. 20, 2024, 4:04 p.m.
A rare species in Belgium, only known from WV. It can be locally common to abundant where the food plant grows.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Coleophoridae > Genus: Coleophora > Species: Coleophora limoniella
- Vernacular names
- Keizersgalmot (NL), Silver-streaked case-bearer (EN), Strandflieder-Sackmotte (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Bentinck G. A. 1935. Une espèce nouvelle et une espèce à rechercher en Belgique. — Lambillionea 35: 212. On page 212.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 10–11 mm.
The sickle-shaped forewings are orange ochreous with no darker apex.
There are 3 silvery stripes from the base of the wings.
The antennae are ringed alternately black and white till the tip.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The eggs are deposited on a flower of the food plant.
The larvae are eating from the seeds.
From time to time they change to a bigger seed capsule. The case is 5–8 mm. The mouth angle is 90°. The larvae or cases are to be found from September till May. Once fully fed the larvae bore themselves for the hibernation in a stem, of the host plant or some other plant nearby. The opening is closed with silk.
Flight periods
They are on the wing from early July till the end of August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Limonium vulgare
- Host plant (genera):
- Limonium
The larva occours only on Limonium vulgare.
