1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Asteraceae:] Aster infirmus [Typenzucht]

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Braun (1940: 181): “Type, ♂, reared on seeds of Aster infirmus, 3 ♀, of the same rearing (B. 1603); Tackett Mountain, Rowan County, Kentucky; date of emergence of the type, August 26, 1938; paratypes August 26 to 31. Types in author's collection. The larvae were collected October 17, 1937, at which time the mature cases had been constructed and the larvae were nearly full fed.”

(Autor: Jürgen Rodeland)

3.2. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Braun, A. F. (1940): Aster and Goldenrod seed-feeding species of Coleophora (Lepidoptera). — The Canadian Entomologist 72 (9): 178-182.