- Coleophora deviella
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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[1]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[2] and from late May to June in Russia.[3]
The larvae feed on the leaves and fruits of Bassia laniflora, Suaeda (including Suaeda maritima), Kochia, Salsola and Halostachys 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°.[4] Larvae can be found from August onwards. They are full-grown in October.
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