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Coleophora
peribenanderi Toll, 1943 Pale Thistle Case-bearer Coleophora peribenanderi Toll, 1943. Docum. physiogr. Polon. No. 32: 198. |
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Leaf-miner and case-bearer: The larva forms a case, approximately 11-12 mm long, beneath a thistle leaf, although burdock may sometimes be used. The shape of the ochreous case varies as, when being enlarged, it is elongated first, and the girth increased subsequently (UKMoths). Yellow-brown to light grey tubular silken case with darker length lines. The case is fairly large (up to 17 mm) and very slender. The rear end is three-valved, the mouth angle about 50°. The larva feeds at the underside of the leaf (Bladmineerders van Europa). The mine is also illustrated in British leafminers. Larva: The larvae of moths have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles (see video of a gracillarid larva feeding), six thoracic legs and abdominal legs (see examples). The larva is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa. Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples). Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk. Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts elsewhere:
Time of year - larvae: Feeding takes place July - September, and most larvae diapause full fed until pupation in May. Some larvae complete feeding in April (UKMoths). August to October (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: The adults fly in June and July (UKMoths). Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: The moth is often common in habitats where its foodplants occur, and is distributed throughout England, Wales and southern Scotland (UKMoths) including including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Denbighshire, Dorset, Dumfriesshire, Durham, East Cornwall, East Suffolk, Glamorgan, Herefordsire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kincardineshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, North Hampshire, North Somerset, Shropshire, South Lancashire, South Somerset, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Norfolk and West Suffolk (NBN Atlas) and the Channel Is. (Fauna Europaea). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central and South, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, The Netherlands and Ukraine. Also recorded from Near East (Fauna Europaea). NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown. |
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