Coleophora linosyridella Fuchs, 1880
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]


Coleophora linosyridella Fuchs, 1880. Stett. ent. Ztg. 41: 113.


Leaf-miner and case-bearer: Tubular silken case, up to 8 mm long. Behind the mouth the case is sharply bent; as a result the mouth angle is 0° and is the case aprressed to the substrate (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: Not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group (check for update).

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Aster tripolium Sea Aster Pitkin and Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae      
Aster linosyris Goldilocks Aster Bladmineerders van Europa
Aster sedifolius Stonecrop Aster Bladmineerders van Europa
Aster tripolium Sea Aster Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Croatia, Czech Republic, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland. Also recorded in East Palaearctic (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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

Aster linosyris, Aster sedifolius, Aster tripolium

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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