2011/05/29

Coleophora suaedivora

Coleophora deviella

Coleophora deviella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. deviella
Binomial name
Coleophora deviella
Zeller, 1847
Synonyms
  • Coleophora suaedivora Meyrick, 1928
  • Coleophora maeniacella Toll, 1952

Coleophora deviella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Denmark to Spain, Sardinia, Sicily and Greece and from Great Britain to southern Russia. It occurs in desert-steppe and desert biotopes.

The wingspan is 9-10 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from late June to July in western Europe and from late May to June in Russia.

The larvae feed on the leaves and fruits of , Suaeda (including ), Kochia, Salsola and species. Full grown larvae live in a pale yellowish brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of about 9 mm with a mouth angle of 20-30°. Larvae can be found from August onwards. They are full-grown in October.

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