Coleophora deviella
| Coleophora deviella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. deviella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora deviella Zeller, 1847[1] | |
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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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