Coleophora follicularis (Vallot, 1802)
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]


Tinea follicularis Vallot, 1802.
Ornix troglodytella
Duponchel, 1843. Hist. nat. Lep. Fr. Suppl. 4 (Noct.): 304.
Coleophora follicularis
(Vallot, 1802).


Leaf-miner and case-bearer: A slender straw coloured, three valved tubular silken case, about 10 mm long. Mouth angle about 30° (British leafminers).

A slender tubular silken case, about 10 mm long, straw coloured, three valved. Mouth angle about 30° (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Feeding traces are illustrated in the Encyclopedia of Life.

Larva: The larva is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.

Coleophora folicularis larva, dorsal
Coleophora folicularis larva, dorsal
Image: Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths and the Encyclopedia of Life. The male and female genitalia are illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group.

Adult of Coleophora follicularis reared from case on Pulicaria dysenterica, Pegwell, Kent
Image: © Francis Solly (UKMoths)

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Pitkin and Plant
Eupatorium     British leafminers
Eupatorium cannabinum Hemp-agrimony Pitkin and Plant
Eupatorium cannabinum Hemp-agrimony UKMoths
Inula conyza Ploughman's-spikenard British leafminers
Inula conyza Ploughman's-spikenard Pitkin and Plant
Pulicaria dysenterica Common Fleabane British leafminers
Pulicaria dysenterica Common Fleabane Pitkin and Plant
Pulicaria dysenterica Common Fleabane UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae      
Achillea clavenae   Bladmineerders van Europa
Achillea millefolium Yarrow Bladmineerders van Europa
Achillea moschata   Bladmineerders van Europa
Anthemis     Bladmineerders van Europa
Carduus     Bladmineerders van Europa
Cirsium arvense   Bladmineerders van Europa
Eupatorium cannabinum Hemp-agrimony Bladmineerders van Europa
Inula britannica   Bladmineerders van Europa
Inula conyza Ploughman's-spikenard Bladmineerders van Europa
Inula helenium Elecampane Bladmineerders van Europa
Leucanthemum vulgare Oxeye Daisy Bladmineerders van Europa, as Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Pulicaria dysenterica Common Fleabane Bladmineerders van Europa
Tanacetum      

Time of year - larvae: August to September, then May to June when on Inula. July to August, then April to May when on Eupatorium (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: June to August (UKMoths).

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, East Cornwall, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, North Devon, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Somerset, North Wiltshire, Pembrokeshire, Shropshire, South Devon, South Wiltshire, Stafford, Surrey, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Norfolk and West Suffolk (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

Prior to 1962 both C. follicularis and C. trochilella were thought to be a single species, C. troglodytella. Consequently, distribution is clouded by older records which are not attributed to one or other of the two species.

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (UKMoths and Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

NBN Grid map: Note that not all datasets on the NBN Gateway may be available on the map below. If you are an NBN Gateway registered user you can request access for missing datasets via the link 'Open interactive map in new window' below.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, North Aegean Is., Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Also recorded in the Near East (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Achillea millefolium, Cirsium arvense, Eupatorium cannabinum, Inula britannica, Inula conyza, Inula helenium, Leucanthemum vulgare, Pulicaria dysenterica

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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